What is the impact of former Portland Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard‘s trade to the Milwaukee Bucks from a Boston Celtics perspective? Dame going to the Bucks could potentially be worse for the Celtics than if he had joined the Miami Heat.
The thinking behind this point of view is the Bucks already have Giannis Antetokounmpo, a dominant interior force, and adding Lillard — among the league’s best perimeter threats — to their roster made them a formidable team. In contrast, Miami, despite its strengths, might have been an easier matchup for the Celtics.
Buy Celtics TicketsThe Ringer head honcho Bill Simmons recently sat down to talk over what the Celtics-centric view of the deal might mean for Boston in one of their more important seasons in recent memory.
Check out the clip embedded above to hear what he had to say.
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