NBA News: 'It's Not True' Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard Said Of Reported Trade Request

Damian Lillard spoke to reporters on Friday.

Damian Lillard spoke to reporters on Friday and said that reports of him requesting a trade are "not true" and a clip of what he said can be seen in a Tweet below from SNY’s Knicks Videos.

Damian Lillard on reports that he will request a trade:

"It's not true. I haven't made any firm decision on what my future will be. There's no need for anybody to speak for me." pic.twitter.com/6pdVm1ghZU

— Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) July 16, 2021

One report from Henry Abbott of True Hoop on Friday (see Tweet below or click on hyperlink) gained the most traction, but Twitter all day had been saying Lillard requested a trade (which Lillard denied). 

Source: Blazers star Damian Lillard to request trade in the days to come.

If this is a surprise, you haven't been paying attention. https://t.co/FS7KL1pPPm

— Henry Abbott (@TrueHoop) July 16, 2021

Chris Haynes of Yahoo! captured some of what Lillard said at his press availability denying the trade request, and his Tweet can be seen below.

Damian Lillard says he woke up to reports of him on the verge of requesting a trade “is not true.” And says secondly, “I haven’t made any firm decisions on what my future will be.”

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) July 16, 2021

More on the Portland Trail Blazers can be read here.

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