Jones & Keefe: Are the Celtics REALLY interested in Damian Lillard?

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00:00Like Tatum should leave.

00:01And maybe he is.

00:01I'm not saying he's not.

00:03But I'd feel better about Tatum recruiting Horford, a guy who's going to play this year,

00:07than recruiting Damian Lillard to build a team for next year where it feels like everybody's

00:12just all locked in on next season and doesn't care about the upcoming season.

00:15Do you think Brad Stevens, based on all the moves that he has made and also the restrictions

00:21that he's under right now, would just...

00:23Do you think he would sign Damian Lillard?

00:25I kind of don't think so.

00:26I mean, they're linked to him.

00:28Where do you think that's coming from?

00:29Oh, I think it helps everybody.

00:31I brought this up before.

00:32I think it helps the Celtics.

00:33You think it's just for PR purposes?

00:35Yeah, it'd be like, all right, hey, guys, we're not just dumping everybody.

00:37We're actually even interested in this guy who's going to be a Hall of Famer.

00:40And everybody knows who Damian Lillard is.

00:41He's one of the 10 most popular players in the NBA.

00:43We're interested.

00:44See, we're still involved, even though our starting big court or front court right now

00:48is Xavier Tillman and Nimas Kata.

00:50I can meet you there.

00:51You think it's just for PR purposes?

00:52I think it helps both sides.

00:54I think the Celtics, the Lillard could be like, see, I'm not damaged goods.

00:58These teams do want me.

00:59And the Celtics can be like, we're still in the market of adding players.

01:02I think it's a win-win.

01:03I don't think it ends up happening, though.

01:05Okay.

01:05Look, I'm against it.

01:07And I was already against it.

01:09I like it even less now that I know Tatum is full court press on Damian Lillard.

01:13And Tatum's already one foot out the door on this season, worried about building his team

01:16for when he returns and not worried about this year's team.

01:19That's annoying to me, the whole thing.

01:21The whole pursuit of Lillard is annoying to me.

01:23And I didn't like this.

01:24And maybe Tatum is recruiting Horford.

01:26Maybe he's blowing up his phone just like he's doing the same with Lillard.

01:28I feel better about those reports than this one.