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Would Jimmy Butler And Bam Adebayo Be Damian Lillard's Best Two Teammates?

Podcast suggests Damian Lillard would play on the best team of his career with the Miami Heat
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Would Jimmy Butler And Bam Adebayo Be Damian Lillard's Best Two Teammates?
Would Jimmy Butler And Bam Adebayo Be Damian Lillard's Best Two Teammates?

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Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has only played with one All-Star (LaMarcus Aldridge) during his NBA career. 

If he joins the Miami Heat this offseason, he will double that by playing alongside Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. NBA writer Vincent Goodwill recently pointed out they would be Lillard's best two teammates. 

On his "Good Word" podcast, Goodwill suggested this hasn't happened since Kevin Garnett teamed with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen on the Boston Celtics in 2007. 

"You could take Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, they wind up becoming Damian Lillard's best two teammates for his entire career with one transaction," Goodwill said. "I think there's only one time I could literally say that about another player who wound up being traded and I think that's Kevin Garnett. KG spent 12 years in Minnesota. Paul Pierce and Ray Allen immediately became his best two teammates." 

It should be noted the Celtics won a championship their first year together. They were headed toward another the following season until Garnett sustained an injury. They then lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals their third season together. 

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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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