UNDATED (AP) — Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard said Friday he has not requested a trade but wants the team to be more urgent in its pursuit of a championship.
The All-Star guard added that he expects to be with the Blazers next season, but made clear that he feels it needs to be with more talent around him.
Lillard praised Portland as a great city with great fans and said there is pride that the organization is a perennial playoff team.
Also around the NBA:
— A person familiar with the process says the Wizards are offering their head coaching job to Wes Unseld Jr. A deal with the Nuggets associate head coach will bring him back to the organization that his father led to an NBA championship as a player in 1978. Unseld would replace Scott Brooks, who was fired after three playoff appearances in five seasons.
