Lillard trade update: multiple teams want to join to become a third party The 23-year-old rising star is the biggest obstacle

On July 23, Beijing time, according to Blazers reporter Aaron Fentress, the Heat did not have enough trading assets to impress the Blazers, so Lillard's trade is likely to require a third party to join. Currently, multiple teams are willing to become third parties to the Lillard trade.

"There have been a lot of [third-party] teams that have asked about the possibility of joining Lillard and I've been told that a lot of teams want to join in various ways and there must have been other teams who have asked about it." Fentress reported.

The Heat's 23-year-old rising star Hiro became the biggest obstacle to the deal. Hiro has four years left on his contract, 27 million in 2023-24, followed by 29 million, 31 million and 33 million in the next three seasons. He's almost a chip the Heat have to give away in a trade for Lillard, but the Blazers have no interest in adding such a guard to the backcourt.

The Heat could only look for another team to take Hiro in exchange for assets of interest to the Blazers to complete the deal. This takes time.

Earlier, Haynes, a person close to Lillard, talked about the progress of the deal negotiations in a podcast. "The Heat are frustrated by the slow pace of negotiations," he said. The trailblazers told them, please come up with the best offer. The Heat wanted to know exactly what the Blazers wanted, but they didn't get an answer. The Heat felt that if the Blazers could articulate their demands, negotiations would move quickly. ”

Heat reporter Anthony Chian said the Blazers are actually stalling for time. "I've been told that I think it's funny, but I don't know if it's 100 percent true. People familiar with what's going on are convinced that the Blazers don't want to trade Lillard at the moment. It feels like they're still figuring out how to change Lillard's mind or postpone this, and Lillard will eventually say, 'Well, I'm willing to go back to the Blazers.'" ’”

Lillard has made it clear that he only wants to go to the Heat. Will he finally get his wish? Let's wait and see.