The Portland Trail Blazers have sold Darmian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of a three-team deal that also included the Phoenix Suns, the teams announced Wednesday.
Portland released a statement saying that they would get Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, Milwaukee’s 2029 unprotected first-round draft pick, and unprotected Milwaukee swap rights in 2028 and 2030.
The Suns receive Jusuf Nurkic, Grayson Allen, Nassir Little, and Keon Johnson as part of the trade package.
Lillard leaves Portland after 11 seasons in which he made seven All-Star and All-NBA teams and led the franchise to the playoffs eight times, including a Western Conference finals appearance in 2018-19.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter) to talk about the move, he wrote that he was excited about the move.
“Today is an exciting day for Milwaukee,” Bucks president Peter Feigin and general manager Jon Horst said in a statement. “When you have the rare opportunity to pair one of the premier NBA players with a highly versatile roster that has lofty goals, you go for it. And we’re thrilled to welcome seven-time All-Star Damian Lillard to the Bucks.”
Lillard, 33, had a career year last season, averaging 32.2 points and 7.3 assists but played just 58 games as he sat out the final month.
