There remains no shift in Lillard’s mindset and his goal of playing for the Miami Heat in the wake of the league’s initiative to warn Lillard and his agent that any further comments made “suggesting Lillard will not fully perform the services called for under his player contract in the event of a trade” will be subject to discipline, according to sources. It was also a warning to other players and agents.
The Heat have been working on a trade package of expiring deals, three to four first-round picks and one of the team’s younger players, with Tyler Herro going to a third team. The deal could potentially also involve second-rounders and draft pick swaps, according to sources.
https://theathletic.com/4739016/2023/08/01/damian-lillard-trade-package-heat/?source=nbatw
Off-season post obviously, some I thought of:
LeBron James - His name is now Bob James, he can’t go by LeBron anymore. Maybe he still gets the King James nickname but losing LeBron hurts him a lot
Michael Jordan - Now instead of MJ, he’d be BJ, don’t think that would be as popular. Could still go by Air Jordan though
Bol Bol - Is now Bob Bol and that just means he has bad hands, not such a good name. Does he even make the league with less meme potential?
Magic Johnson - Technically Magic is not his name but if he actually went by Bob Johnson he both loses an amazing nickname and ends up with an incredibly generic name
Who do you think?