Damian Lillard spoke publicly Thursday for the first time since the Trail Blazers hired Chauncey Billups. Lillard addressed media members during a brief availability at Team USA practice. On this episode of Blazer Focused, beat writer Aaron Fentress is joined by podcasts editor Andrew Theen. They discussed Dame's comments, what to make of some of the more ludicrous trade proposals, whether Dame squashed those rumors entirely and his comments on playing for Team USA. They also looked forward to the Tokyo Olympics and chatted about much more.

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