Hour 2: Hard-en Road Ahead

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4.0 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this episode, Brian Windhorst, Kendrick Perkins, and Mike Tannenbaum react to Damian Lillard's trade request out of Portland and debate if the Trailblazers owe it to Dame to send him where he wants to go. Courtney Cronin joins the show to discuss what Philadelphia should do with James Harden. The crew evaluates the new Big 3 in Phoenix and decides which player is the key to a deep playoff run: KD, Booker, or Beal? Kyrie Irving decided to stay with Luka in Dallas, but what must he do to this season to make his contract successful? In partnership with Andscape, First Take recognizes Hip Hop's 50th Anniversary by highlighting its influence on sports and culture . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Alright, let's get back to our top story. After the first 11 seasons of his career in Portland,
0:35.0	Damien Lillard has requested a trade. His preference is to take his talented South Beach
0:40.0	a source told Anne Skates, Mark J. Spears. He also has, quote,
0:43.0	deep respect for the San Antonio Spurs organization.
0:46.0	Here's Adrian Wojnerowski with the latest out of Portland.
0:50.0	They are open for business everywhere in the league on him.
0:55.0	Now, our Mark Spears reports that Damien Lillard wants to play for the Miami Heat,
0:59.0	that he has told the Blazers that, but he does not have no trade clause in the way that Bradley Beal did.
1:04.0	He does not get the control where he goes next.
1:08.0	And for Portland, listen, they're going to go out into the marketplace and try to find the best deal they can.
1:13.0	A combination of young players, draft picks, salary cap relief, all the things you want
1:19.0	when a star of Damien Lillard's magnitude has to be traded.
1:23.0	I think this will not be a quick process.
1:26.0	Miami does not have any advantage in trying to get a trade for Damien Lillard just because he's asking to go there.
1:33.0	Our own personal G.N. Mike Cannonbaum is with us.
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