There's going to be no easy outs next year in the Western Conference. I'm real tired of pundits on television telling Damien Lillard, do you care about winning? You've got to get out of Portland. If he wants to try and win in Portland, let him try to win in Portland. Don't tell him what he should do. It's not like this is a human drama here; it's just cold-blooded chess. Maybe parts of them want to break up but they don't want to look bad.
Zach Lowe and Howard Beck discuss the Damian Lillard situation, preview free agency, and pick their 5 Most Intriguing offseason teams.
Dame situation (1:09)
3 paths for Blazers (5:51)
No easy outs in the West next year (9:58)
Stop telling Dame what he should do (12:56)
Blazers appear to be in philosophical limbo (16:47)
Looking back at the CJ McCollum trade (23:18)
Teams that could realistically make a deal for Dame (25:38)
Intriguing off-season teams (32:50)
Kings (33:43)
Nets (43:01)
Mavs (47:38)
Suns (49:13)
Bulls (53:05)
Clippers (59:29)
Raptors (1:05:07)
Magic (1:08:40)
John Collins trade (1:13:26)
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