Damian Lillard Rumors

Word is that Portland fully expects Lillard to return next season from the Achilles tear he sustained in April 2025 to potentially join Jrue Holiday in its starting backcourt... With Henderson in the mix as well. How all the pieces fit together remains to be seen, but it's likewise expected that the Blazers will field plenty of external trade interest in Holiday in coming weeks and months.

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Legion Hoops: Dame is already back dunking and doing windmills. 🤯 He ruptured his Achilles exactly one year and 6 days ago… insane.

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Sean Highkin: Scoot on his fit with Dame: "I've been playing off the ball more. It'll be special to see how that pans out. Dame was one of my favorite players growing up. I used to play 2K and have 50 or 60 with him. It'll be special for Rip City to see that."

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Brenna Greene: More from Lillard on Chauncey Billups: "It was tough for me. I didn't even think about it from a basketball standpoint... I just felt bad for him having to experience that and that it had come to that."

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Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard says he's already started playing 5-on-5 pickup runs.

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Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard: "We need to be a better shooting team. When you've got a guy like Deni who's getting downhill, that's going to generate good shots."

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Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard on Tiago Splitter: "I thought he did well. Being launched into that seat out of nowhere, unexpected, having to be a leader of men in this league is tough. Having to deal with minutes and managing personalities and rotations is tough. He did a great job on the fly."

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Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard: "More Dame on Tiago: "I think a lot of our success down the stretch of the season is because of him."

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Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard: "We had a great season, in my opinion. Taking a big step for our group, making it back to the playoffs, we experienced a lot of adversity. There were a lot of opportunities for us to fold and pack it in, and we didn't."

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Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard: "Looking at our depth and our versatility and our size, how many different lineups we can play, our experience this year, we beat all the best teams, we got some playoff experience against a 60-win team. How do we become a high-50s or 60-win team?"

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Sean Highkin: Deni Avdija on playing next to Damian Lillard next year: "Me and Dame had conversations throughout the year. He has a lot of things we need. We both have mutual goals and we love each other's games. I think we can do great things together, for sure."

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Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard still ruled out for Game 5 tomorrow.

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Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard is ruled out for Game 4 tomorrow, as he has been all season and as he and the team have consistently said he would be since July.

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However implausible it may seem, the franchise has not completely ruled out the possibility that Damian Lillard could make a surprise appearance in the postseason this year, multiple sources said. Obviously, the longer its run lasts, the more realistic such a long-shot scenario becomes. “I wouldn’t rule anything out,” a source said, “or get too excited about anything.” Monday will mark one year since Lillard tore his Achilles tendon in Game 4 of Milwaukee’s first-round playoff series against Indiana. That was 13 days before Jayson Tatum, who returned to play on March 6, tore his Achilles tendon.

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