Blazers Pursuing Heat’s Bam Adebayo to Team With Damian Lillard, per Report

Damian Lillard has reportedly requested a trade away from the Trail Blazers organization, according to The Athletic‘s Shams Charania. 

The Heat and the Nets are two teams with the best chances to land Lillard, per Charania. Saturday’s news comes after Portland general manger Joe Cronin stated Monday that he hoped to keep Lillard in a Trail Blazers uniform.

“We had a great dialogue,” Cronin said in a statement following a meeting with Lillard, per The Oregonian‘s Bill Oram. “We remain committed to building a winner around Dame.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.