A Milwaukee Bucks team source provided some insight this week into the decision to waive injured guard Damian Lillard and sign center Myles Turner in free agency this past offseason.

NBA Veteran Kevin Love got into a heated spat with Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard on Thursday after he mocked Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups for getting arrested for an illegal gamblin

The unprecedented waive-and-stretch for Lillard was widely panned around the league, but it's viewed much differently internally. Team sources were concerned about whether Lillard, at 36, could return to the player he was -- and did not want to waste a year of contention in a conference decimated by injuries.

Damian Lillard has taken a stand for his coach and called out the Utah Jazz veteran Kevin Love for his controversial Instagram post, where he was trolling Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier after they were arrested in the FBI’s probe into the NBA’s alleged betting scandal.

The Trail Blazers' young core, including Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe, Deni Avdija and Toumani Camara, pushed for a possible play-in spot last season rather than tank for draft position.

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard has put a target date on his return from a torn Achilles. Appearing on IShowSpeed's YouTube channel (h/t SportsCenter on Instagram), Lillard said he will "probably" be back for the start of the 2026-27 season.

Toumani Camara was one of the last picks in the 2023 draft and a throw-in for the Damian Lillard trade that summer. Now he's a foundational piece for the Portland Trail Blazers.