Damian Lillard, Trail Blazers nearing four year, $196M supermax extension, report says
Chelsea Howard
June 30, 2019 19:21 MYT
June 30, 2019 19:21 MYT
Damian Lillard and the Trail Blazers are "working toward" an agreement on a four-year, $196 million contract extension, according to The Athletic.
Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard is working toward agreement on a four-year, $196 million super maximum contract extension, league sources told @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 30, 2019
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The four-year deal will begin in 2021-22 and includes a player option in the final year, Yahoo Sports reported. He had two years remaining on a five-year, $139 million deal he signed in 2016.
The new extension comes after one of Lillard's best seasons of his career as he led Portland to the Western Conference finals, though they fell to the Warriors.
He caught everyone's attention when he made a seemingly impossible shot, hitting a 37-foot 3-pointer with no time remaining to clinch the series and eliminate the Thunder from the first round.
The 28-year-old guard is entering his eighth NBA season after he was drafted by Portland with the sixth overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. He's averaged 25.8 points with 6.3 assists and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 43.4 percent from the field.