Blazers GM Olshey: 'It's not true' LaMarcus Aldridge told team he's leaving
The LaMarcus Aldridge free agency saga just got a whole lot more interesting.
In a post draft interview on Thursday, Portland Trail Blazers GM Neil Olshey strongly denied multiple reports that Aldridge had told the Blazers that he intended to leave the team in free agency.
Here's Olshey's quotes, via Blazers Edge:
"Reporter: 'Has LaMarcus informed you of his intentions?'
Olshey: 'Via ESPN? No. I hung up with LaMarcus a half hour ago. LaMarcus and I speak multiple times every week. He was as bemused by the report as I was. Thankfully, I had other things to distract me today to keep me from getting too infuriated by the reporting. I spoke with LaMarcus... I actually asked him, "how would you like me to address this?" And he said, "Just say it's not true. You and I know where we are right now." It was misreported. It's not true. I can tell you he has not informed anybody in this organization of his intention not to return to the team.'"
(h/t Blazers Edge)
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