Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers
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More details on New England Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson's rare rookie contract has been revealed.
According to Shams Charania of ESPN, the Portland Trail Blazers have signed Damian Lillard to a three-year, $42 million contract, effectively putting a cap on the Milwaukee Bucks' trade from two years ago and rendering it a complete and utter disaster. The two years of Lillard in Milwaukee could not have gone much worse.
Lillard now will have a 2025-26 set salary of $70M between his Portland and Milwaukee deals, and a salary of $141M over the next two years ahead of an opt-out in 2027. Blazers officials and Aaron Goodwin of Goodwin Sports Management are finalizing terms this week. https://t.co/m8JqsjzXVE
On Saturday morning, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport revealed the details of Miller's contract. The legendary pass rusher will get $6.1 million in base salary. He has the potential to earn up to $10.5 million in total depending on incentives.
This was no more an embrace of Joe Cronin by Damian Lillard in his return to Portland than it was an embrace of Dan Gilbert by LeBron James in his return to Cleveland. In each case, the player wanted the city,
LeBron James became the only player in the NBA with a no-trade clause on Wednesday when the Phoenix Suns bought out Bradley Beal's contract.