{"id":75323,"date":"2025-07-02T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75323"},"modified":"2025-07-02T08:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:00:07","slug":"damian-lillard-linked-to-warriors-after-release-from-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=75323","title":{"rendered":"Damian Lillard Linked to Warriors After Release From Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjE1NzE1NDAyNzI1MjA1MzU5\/usatsi_17417183_168395540_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"Damian Lillard\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The short, strange and unfruitful\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/player\/damian-lillard\">Damian Lillard<\/a>\u00a0era for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/milwaukee-bucks\/\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>\u00a0is over. On Tuesday, they decided to waive Lillard after he had spent two seasons with them.<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/milwaukee-bucks\/roster\">the Bucks<\/a>\u00a0acquired Lillard two summers ago, they were hoping he would pry open their championship window once again. But they have now lost in the first round of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\">NBA<\/a>\u00a0playoffs three years in a row, and Lillard tore his Achilles in the first round of this year&#8217;s postseason.<\/p>\n<p>According to Marc J. Spears, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/\">Golden State Warriors<\/a>\u00a0are interested in picking up the nine-time All-Star.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Another thing I&#8217;m hearing, of the many teams that reached out to Damian Lillard, the Warriors are one of those teams,&#8221; Spears said on NBA Today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The Warriors have interest in Dame Lillard, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcJSpears?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarcJSpears<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xc94izWiww\">pic.twitter.com\/xc94izWiww<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jimmy Butler Muse (@ButlerlllMuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ButlerlllMuse\/status\/1940207168407707936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lillard is almost undeniably a future Hall of Famer, and he averaged 24.9 points and 7.1 assists for the Bucks this past season. But an Achilles injury, for someone with as much wear and tear as he has after 13 seasons, could threaten his viability as a player.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ksc-container ksc-infeed\">\n<div class=\"ksc-infeed-ab\">\n<div id=\"rh-gam-kso_25262976944gDBSdcHab5fntt6u_ei_infeed-sizer\" class=\"rh-gam-unit-sizer\" data-auction-id=\"kso_25262976944gDBSdcHab5fntt6u_ei_infeed\" data-exp-size=\"300x600\">\n<div id=\"rh-gam-kso_25262976944gDBSdcHab5fntt6u_ei_infeed\" class=\"rh-gam-unit\" data-auction-id=\"kso_25262976944gDBSdcHab5fntt6u_ei_infeed\" data-google-query-id=\"CM-enujZnY4DFTBeDwIdkpAxNg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22558409563,88059007\/Athlonsports.com_In-Article_Desktop_ESP_0__container__\">\n<p>The Warriors made a blockbuster trade for veteran star forward\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/player\/jimmy-butler\">Jimmy Butler<\/a>\u00a0in February and surged afterward, causing many to call them dark horse title contenders. But after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/player\/stephen-curry\">Stephen Curry<\/a>\u00a0injured his hamstring, they lost in the second round of the playoffs to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\/\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If they do end up getting Lillard, one would have to question his fit, as he&#8217;s a point guard, the same position Curry plays. One would also have to wonder if he would accept a lesser role off the bench if it comes down to that.<\/p>\n<p>Lillard grew up in Oakland, Calif., and as Spears pointed out, he grew up going to Warriors games at the Oakland Arena, formerly known as the Oracle Arena, their old home arena in Oakland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short, strange and unfruitful\u00a0Damian Lillard\u00a0era for the\u00a0Milwaukee Bucks\u00a0is over. 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