Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard has said he will sit out the rest of the NBA season if it resumes in a format that prevents his side from competing for a playoff spot. Portland were 3.5 games behind the Memphis Grizzlies, who occupied the final Western Conference playoff spot, before the season was suspended in mid-March when a player tested positive for the new coronavirus. “I’m going to do all that and then I’m going to be sitting right on that bench during the games. “If they come back and say it’s something like a tournament ... if we’re playing for playoff spots, then I think that’s perfect,” five-time All Star Lillard added. “We had fought ourselves back into position to get a spot.”The NBA is currently in talks with The Walt Disney Company about restarting its suspended season at Disney World in Florida in late July.

Source: The Star May 27, 2020 21:00 UTC