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Miami Heat Hopes Of Damian Lillard Could Take A Hit With Portland Trail Blazers Reportedly Agreeing To Terms With Jerami Grant

Damian Lillard said one of the stipulations of him staying with Portland Trail Blazers included re-signing Jerami Grant
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Miami Heat Hopes Of Damian Lillard Could Take A Hit With Portland Trail Blazers Reportedly Agreeing To Terms With Jerami Grant
Miami Heat Hopes Of Damian Lillard Could Take A Hit With Portland Trail Blazers Reportedly Agreeing To Terms With Jerami Grant

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The Portland Trail Blazers are apparently halfway toward keeping guard Damian Lillard. 

According to a report from ESPN, the Blazers are on the way to re-signing forward Jerami Grant to a contract extension. 

The Heat are among the teams in contention for acquiring Lillard during free agency, but one of his requirements of staying in Portland was them keeping Grant. The other was signing Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, who becomes a free agent Saturday. 

The Blazers having a Big Three of Lillard, Green and Grant likely doesn't compare him to being paired with the Heat's tandem of Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. Still, the fact the Blazers are trying to accommodate Lillard could impact the Heat's offseason. 

The Heat are searching for another complementary player to help them finally overcome the hump. They appeared in the NBA Finals twice in the past four seasons but lost both times. 

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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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