The last thing the Milwaukee Bucks want to do is fall into another Jrue Holiday situation. The Bucks traded Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers for Damian Lillard, who was then moved to the Boston Celtics.
Lillard was a great addition for the Bucks, and it was a smart trade that likely every general manager in the league would’ve made.
While it didn't work out, the Bucks will have to hope that their move now of waiving Lillard will.
Only time will tell on that, too, but it's possible that Lillard could join an Eastern Conference Contender with the New York Knicks recently being linked to him by The Daily News.
"The Knicks were the healthiest team in all of basketball last season. Damian Lillard needs somewhere to rehab... The Knicks could sign Lillard, who will continue to collect checks from the Milwaukee Bucks after they waived him from the roster and stretched the balance of his contract over five years, and help a Top-75 player return from a ruptured Achilles. Worst-case scenario: Lillard recovers, misses the entire season, then becomes an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2026. Best-case? Lillard returns to action after the mid-February All-Star break, and the Knicks pull off the heist of a century, picking up one of the best scoring guards in league history on an injury discount,” they wrote.
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Lillard going to the Knicks would be fun to watch, as he'd certainly put on a show in the Garden.
However, it isn't the cleanest fit offensively or defensively, given Jalen Brunson and some of the other defensive liabilities on the Knicks' roster.
It likely wouldn't impact the Bucks as much as the Holiday trade to the Celtics did, but who knows, as Lillard is still that good.