{"id":449961,"date":"2025-07-06T17:34:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=449961"},"modified":"2025-07-06T17:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:34:16","slug":"are-the-boston-celtics-the-favorites-to-sign-damian-lillard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/are-the-boston-celtics-the-favorites-to-sign-damian-lillard\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the Boston Celtics the favorites to sign Damian Lillard?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"682\">According to NBA insider Scott Berges, the Boston Celtics are the favorites to sign Damian Lillard. The former Portland Trail Blazers star is coming off a difficult period, first suffering a torn Achilles tendon in April, and then parting ways with the Milwaukee Bucks. Lillard, now a free agent, is reportedly in contact with the Boston Celtics to seek an agreement. Born in 1990, he will face a long recovery, but could prove to be a key piece for the 2026\u20132027 season, when the Celtics are expected to return as a full-fledged contender (especially considering that Jayson Tatum is also expected to miss significant time).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"682\">Boston could bet on Lillard\u2019s class and experience, while for the former Bucks star, having another shot at winning a championship could prove to be a decisive factor in his decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to NBA insider Scott Berges, the Boston Celtics are the favorites to sign Damian Lillard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":368997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-449961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/01\/dame-lillard-bucks-griffin.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449961"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=449961"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=449961"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=449961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}