Joe Cronin: No meaningful movement yet on Damian Lillard trade talks
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Sean Highkin @highkin
Joe Cronin: “In any deal, the goal is to come out with the best outcome. It could be more of a win-now player. It could be a young player and picks. It could be just picks. There’s no set parameters.” – 3:44 PM
Joe Cronin: “In any deal, the goal is to come out with the best outcome. It could be more of a win-now player. It could be a young player and picks. It could be just picks. There’s no set parameters.” – 3:44 PM
Casey Holdahl @CHold
“In any deal, the goal is to come out with the best outcome… For us, it’s about how we can maximize the return.” — Joe Cronin – 3:44 PM
“In any deal, the goal is to come out with the best outcome… For us, it’s about how we can maximize the return.” — Joe Cronin – 3:44 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Joe Cronin says the team remains open-minded about keeping Damian Lillard. – 3:43 PM
Joe Cronin says the team remains open-minded about keeping Damian Lillard. – 3:43 PM
Sean Highkin @highkin
Joe Cronin: “I can see why Dame would look at it and see why this isn’t a win-now opportunity. From that standpoint, I understand it and respect it.” – 3:43 PM
Joe Cronin: “I can see why Dame would look at it and see why this isn’t a win-now opportunity. From that standpoint, I understand it and respect it.” – 3:43 PM
Sean Highkin @highkin
Joe Cronin: “Building around Dame has always been the goal, even through the draft. The difficulty we ran into was finding the right deals. We kept scouring the market looking for more win-now players, and those players just weren’t available.” – 3:42 PM
Joe Cronin: “Building around Dame has always been the goal, even through the draft. The difficulty we ran into was finding the right deals. We kept scouring the market looking for more win-now players, and those players just weren’t available.” – 3:42 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Joe Cronin says he has not spoken with Damian Lillard since the trade request. – 3:41 PM
Joe Cronin says he has not spoken with Damian Lillard since the trade request. – 3:41 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Blazers GM Joe Cronin declines to comment on whether he has had contact with the Heat. – 3:41 PM
Blazers GM Joe Cronin declines to comment on whether he has had contact with the Heat. – 3:41 PM
Sean Highkin @highkin
Joe Cronin says he has not spoken to Damian Lillard since the trade request and there has not been any meaningful movement on trade talks. – 3:41 PM
Joe Cronin says he has not spoken to Damian Lillard since the trade request and there has not been any meaningful movement on trade talks. – 3:41 PM
Evan Sidery @esidery
There are multiple teams interested in trading a first-round pick for Tyler Herro to help facilitate Damian Lillard ending up on the Heat, per @ShamsCharania on @PatMcAfeeShow.
The Nets and Spurs have previously been linked to Herro in potential trade discussions. pic.twitter.com/ttmFzYe4eM – 1:23 PM
There are multiple teams interested in trading a first-round pick for Tyler Herro to help facilitate Damian Lillard ending up on the Heat, per @ShamsCharania on @PatMcAfeeShow.
The Nets and Spurs have previously been linked to Herro in potential trade discussions. pic.twitter.com/ttmFzYe4eM – 1:23 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat shopping on hold amid Lillard wait, with familiar faces still out there sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/10/hea… – 12:23 PM
Heat shopping on hold amid Lillard wait, with familiar faces still out there sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/10/hea… – 12:23 PM
Wes Goldberg @wcgoldberg
New “Burning Qs” mailbag. Answering questions about Damian Lillard, Tyler Herro and other free agents. allucanheat.com/2023/07/10/mia… – 12:01 PM
New “Burning Qs” mailbag. Answering questions about Damian Lillard, Tyler Herro and other free agents. allucanheat.com/2023/07/10/mia… – 12:01 PM
Sean Highkin @highkin
Joe Cronin is expected to speak to reporters in Las Vegas today for the first time since Damian Lillard’s trade request. – 11:33 AM
Joe Cronin is expected to speak to reporters in Las Vegas today for the first time since Damian Lillard’s trade request. – 11:33 AM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat shopping on hold amid Damian Lillard wait, with familiar faces still out there. sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/10/hea… With Josh Richardson already back, Heat in position to continue with reunion tour. – 9:04 AM
Heat shopping on hold amid Damian Lillard wait, with familiar faces still out there. sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/10/hea… With Josh Richardson already back, Heat in position to continue with reunion tour. – 9:04 AM
Jamie Hudson @JamieHudson_
“Always Team @Dame_Lillard, first”
^^^@ginamarina
Get to know this wonderful and talented Blazers superfan, Gina who is never parting ways with her Dame sweater — koin.com/sports/blazers… – 10:58 PM
“Always Team @Dame_Lillard, first”
^^^@ginamarina
Get to know this wonderful and talented Blazers superfan, Gina who is never parting ways with her Dame sweater — koin.com/sports/blazers… – 10:58 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
From earlier (with Jaquez comment added) — Potential trade components doing Vegas the hard way, as Heat wait to roll dice with Lillard. sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/09/pot… – 5:25 PM
From earlier (with Jaquez comment added) — Potential trade components doing Vegas the hard way, as Heat wait to roll dice with Lillard. sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/09/pot… – 5:25 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
From earlier — ASK IRA: Is Damian Lillard waiting game creating a Heat offseason strain? sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/09/ask… – 5:23 PM
From earlier — ASK IRA: Is Damian Lillard waiting game creating a Heat offseason strain? sun-sentinel.com/2023/07/09/ask… – 5:23 PM
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
New from VEGAS — knocked out an impromptu pod w/ @highkin on a trade idea I can’t shake…Brown remains w/o an extension, so could a Lillard trade still happen?
Full @TheGardenReport: youtu.be/VM4LQNbO7fE pic.twitter.com/YN05An4UiH – 5:07 PM
New from VEGAS — knocked out an impromptu pod w/ @highkin on a trade idea I can’t shake…Brown remains w/o an extension, so could a Lillard trade still happen?
Full @TheGardenReport: youtu.be/VM4LQNbO7fE pic.twitter.com/YN05An4UiH – 5:07 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Of his name being linked to the Lillard possibilities, Jaquez said Sunday, “It’s a part of the job. It happens quick. Things happen. This is a business. It is what it is, but I’m trying to stay positive right here. My focus is the Miami Heat. I’m just putting all my focus there.” – 4:04 PM
Of his name being linked to the Lillard possibilities, Jaquez said Sunday, “It’s a part of the job. It happens quick. Things happen. This is a business. It is what it is, but I’m trying to stay positive right here. My focus is the Miami Heat. I’m just putting all my focus there.” – 4:04 PM
More on this storyline
Termine: “Obviously you guys have been in the news a lot here with Dame. Do you think you’re gonna be coaching him next year?” Chauncey Billups: “I don’t know. I don’t know. Who knows? I don’t know the answer to that, nor does anybody else right now. So we’ll see.” -via Twitter @SiriusXMNBA / July 10, 2023
Chauncey Billups: “I would never share any things that I speak to him about with anybody. Dame and I are very close. We talk intimately about a lot of things. A lot of this has been a lot of it. Those are all conversations that I would never share.” -via Twitter @SiriusXMNBA / July 10, 2023
Isola: if a trade were to happen, do you think it’s important for people to understand Portland wants to do right by the player, but the organization, obviously the obligation for the franchise is to do right by the organization, try to get a good trade that’s gonna help Portland.” Billups: “Yeah. In a perfect world, obviously, if it ever happens, you know, you want Dame to be off into a great situation. And you want the Trail Blazers to be off into a great situation. It doesn’t always happen like that, but that’s the best of both worlds. If it comes down to it, that’s what you would like to happen. But you never know how things happen. I’ve seen a lot of strange things in the NBA and one thing we all know that the NBA is corporate America. It’s a business. And with business comes tough decisions. So, you know, you just, you just see how, you see how it all shakes out.” -via Twitter @SiriusXMNBA / July 10, 2023