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The Damian Lillard trade situation will be resolved. Eventually There has been little to no movement on a Lillard trade since Summer League ended.
league sources told NBC Sports (which echoes what Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN recently reported). With no pressure on the sides until training camp opens and many league executives heading out on vacation around this time, this is the time in the NBA calendar when little gets done — especially major moves. But the Heat are putting together another trade offer, reports Shams Charania of The Atheltic.
This is not far off the best offer Miami could put on the table if they involve a third team, but it's more than has been offered to this point. If no other team enters the bidding — and to this point, no other team has been serious about a Lillard trade — there is no reason for Miami to bid against itself, it can wait out the Trail Blazers and see if they are willing to deal with the circus that would be bringing Damian Lillard to camp. (Even if Lillard is very professional at camp, it would be a PR disaster for a team looking to turn the page to the Scoot Henderson era.
Miami reportedly made an offer of three first-round picks (something it can do if it makes a side deal with Oklahoma City to adjust a pick it owes them), former Sixth Man of the Year Tyler Herro, a young player (Nikola Jovik or Jaime Jaquez Jr.), and maybe another player just to make the salaries match. Portland wants more, including second-rounders and pick swaps, and it doesn't want Herro (it has a similar player they like better in Anfernee Simons). That's where the third team comes in.
Miami is being patient. While other teams could make a better offer in theory, none are actually stepping forward. Part of that is that Lillard is owed $58.5 million in 2025-26 and then $63.2 million in 2026-27 (when he is 36) — other teams are balking on paying that much in the future. Oklahoma City isn't on taking the ball out of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's hands and their timeline is different. Same with San Antonio. New Orleans wants to see what it has if its roster stays healthy, and they don't think reuniting CJ McCollum and Lillard is the answer (and Portland doesn't want McCollum back). The list goes on, everyone's favorite Trade Machine offers for Lillard don't fly in the real world. The Heat would be open to a three-team deal, but they have no motivation to increase their current offer.
When we get to September and things start to ramp up before the start of October training camps, there may be fire around a Lillard trade — maybe even one that looks close to what is proposed. Right now, there is little traction and far more smoke than fire.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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