Joe Cronin, Trail Blazers general manager and, on a seasonably scorching Monday afternoon in Sin City, a human pincushion for the two dozen reporters crammed into an interview room inside the Thomas & Mack Center, knew he was in for pointed questions. It had been more than a week since Damian Lillard’s trade request, and everyone from Portland to Miami wanted answers.
Was there an update on the Lillard trade talks?
“As far as any negotiations, trade details, I’m not going to talk about those,” Cronin said.
