NBA News: If The Trail Blazers Trade Damian Lillard, The New York Knicks Are The Betting Favorite to Land Him

The New York Knicks are the betting favorite to land Damian Lillard if he gets traded, according to SportsBetting.ag.

The Portland Trail Blazers had their season end at the hands of Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets last week.

After the series, they parted ways with head coach Terry Stotts (see Tweet below).

Thank you, Coach Stotts ❤️ https://t.co/dLHJdAEajZ pic.twitter.com/fGzPnuyvyL

— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) June 5, 2021

There is no indication that the Trail Blazers would trade their All-Star Damian Lillard, but according to SportsBetting.ag, if they do trade him, the New York Knicks are the favorite to be the landing spot.

A Tweet with all of the odds for different teams can be seen below from Ryan Ward of LakersNation, and the site can be viewed in the hyperlink above.

More on the Trail Blazers can be read here.

Odds on Damian Lillard’s next team if traded, via @SportsBettingAG:

Knicks +250
Clippers +275
Heat +300
Lakers +350
76ers +400
Celtics +450

So Lakers in the mix, but honestly I don’t know how they’d make that happen with the lack of trade assets they have.

— Ryan Ward (@RyanWardLA) June 7, 2021

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