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ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski Says Miami Heat Still Monitoring Damian Lillard Situation In Portland

The belief is the Miami Heat could still have a chance at landing Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard
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ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski Says Miami Heat Still Monitoring Damian Lillard Situation In Portland
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski Says Miami Heat Still Monitoring Damian Lillard Situation In Portland

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 The Damian Lillard-Miami Heat saga could go down to the wire. 

Even though Lillard has said he wants to remain with the Portland Trail Blazers, an NBA insider thinks there is still a chance he ends up in Miami. 

ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski said on a recent appearance on the Pat McAfee Show that he believes Pat Riley could make a play for Lillard. 

"They're going to be very anxious to watch what happens in Portland to see if there is any point this summer where Damian Lillard becomes available," Wojnarowski said. "He's not available now. He says he wants to be in Portland and the Blazers have shut down anybody who's called about the possibility of trying to trade for him. But certainly, Pat Riley is always going to be real aggressive in trying to improve his team. They want to make that last step. I'm sure they're going to continue to be real active during the summer." 

While Riley said earlier this week he isn't looking to wreck the Heat's current roster, they would jump at the chance to pair a player of Lillard's caliber alongside Jimmy Butler. 

"They're always big-game hunting in Miami," Wojnarowski said. "Pat Riley is always looking for the next big star. They're not afraid to trade their future draft picks because they have shown they can go out without picks or with second-round picks and find rotation players, starting-level players. It's remarkable." 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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