NBA Season Preview 2022-23: Every team’s current longest-tenured player
By Luke Anton
Portland Blazers: Damian Lillard, 10 years
The No. 6 pick in the 2012 draft, Damian Lillard had been repping RIP City for a decade.
With the departure of long-time backcourt mate CJ McCollum at last year’s trade deadline, his current longest-running teammate is Jusuf Nurkic, acquired at the 2016-17 deadline from Denver.
Dame agreed to a two-year, $122 contract extension back in July which will have an estimated $63 million player option in 2026-27. Whew.