The NBA sent a memo to all 30 teams in the league on Friday in response to Damian Lillard’s desire to only play for the Miami Heat, as expressed by his agent, Aaron Goodwin.
In response to this revelation, the NBA declared in the memo that any player or agent that makes comments that suggest that he won’t “fully perform the services called for under his player contract in the event of a trade” will be subject to disciplinary action.
Goodwin told numerous media outlets that his client would only be happy with a move to Miami, going on to warn other teams against attempting to negotiate a trade for Lillard as he would be unwilling to move anywhere else.
The NBA stated in the memo that Goodwin “denied stating or indicating to any team that Lillard would refuse to play for them” before confirming that teams that had been in contact with the agent largely corroborated his story.
Both Lillard and Goodwin confirmed that the player would fulfill his contractual obligations regardless of which team he ends up playing for in the future.
