The successful journey of the Greek NBA champion and league MVP with the Bucks could have ended even before the title with the franchise
When Giannis Antetokounmpo asks, the Milwaukee Bucks he meets. Recently, one of the winger’s main wishes was to have a more competitive team, with big names in the squad. Thus, the East team ended up bringing the point guard Damian Lillardin an exchange involving the Portland Trail Blazers.
However, the partnership between the Greek and the talented point guard could have happened years earlier, at the Blazers themselves, not at the Bucks. The person who brought the information was Lillard, during an interview with former players Quentin Richardson It is Darius Milesfrom “The Players Tribune”. “Man, this has been a long time coming. I would say it all started, above all, before they won the 2021 championship. Giannis wanted to bring me here, but I was trying to take him to Portland. We knew the potential of this partnership. So, it was something that had been talked about for some time. And we still had our intermediary in this whole story, who was Pat Connaughton”, said the player.
Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo in the pick n roll is like Robben’s lefty, you know it’s going to come, but it works the same way
pic.twitter.com/0ym1TgHS2c— NBA do Povo 🏀🇧🇷 (@NBAdoPovo) November 25, 2023
Connaughton He is a point guard and wore the Blazers’ jersey from 2015 to 2018, before being sent to the Milwaukee Bucks, where he remains today. Lillard also said that he was talking to the player to convince Giannis to go to Portland, while the Greek tried to get Damian to join the Bucks.
Source: sportbuzz
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