Isola: If a deal happens, do you think it’s important for people to understand that Portland wants to do right by the player, but the organization, obviously the obligation of the franchise is to do right by the organization, try to get a good trade that’s going to help Portland Billups: “Yes. In a perfect world, obviously, if that happened, you know, you’d want the lady to be in great shape. And you want the Trail Blazers to be in great shape. It doesn’t always happen like this, but it’s the best of both worlds. If that is the case, this is what you would like to happen. But you never know how things happen. I’ve seen a lot of weird things in the NBA and one thing we all know the NBA is corporate America. It’s work. And with business come tough decisions. So, you know, you just see how, you see how everything changes.” —Trans @SiriusXMNBA Twitter / July 10, 2023