“Boston, Minnesota — dozens of other teams — had minimum and mid-level exception offers out to Damian Lillard in the last several weeks,” Charania said. “Next year, Damian Lillard will make $70 million between his Bucks and Blazers salaries. In the next two years, he’ll be at $140 million combined in salaries.”

The Bucks officially turned the page this week after waiving Damian Lillard to clear cap space for their surprise free agency splash, a four-year, $108.9 million deal with Myles Turner. Just like that, the Dame-Giannis chapter ended. But before fully moving on, Milwaukee made sure the world remembered what these two built in just two seasons.

New York Knicks guard Josh Hart disclosed his reaction to the Milwaukee Bucks waiving and extending the contract of star point guard Damian Lillard.