The Trail Blazers returned to action on Thursday night following time off for the All-Star break, but they were without two of their best players. Point guard Damian Lillard and power forward Jerami Grant were both held out of the game for rest vs. Sacramento as the team was late in flying into the city before the game.
Portland’s decision to rest those two led to some speculation that the team could be trying to tank for a better shot to draft potential No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama. However, Lillard needed just two words to express his feelings on that theory.
“No way,” he wrote.
