Giannis, Damian Lillard, and the Need to Win Now in the NBA
7 min readOct 1, 2023
Milwaukee pushed all of its chips to the middle of the table to acquire the Blazers star, showing a commitment to winning today at the expense of the future. A tactic that has become more and more common in modern American sports
It has been nearly 4 months since All-Star point guard Damian Lillard requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers. The saga that…