Damian Lillard went to bed on Monday night trapped on a sinking ship. He was a member of a Milwaukee Bucks team desperately trying to reshape its roster to appease Antetokounmpo without him, as Lillard will presumably miss most or all of the 2025-26 season recovering from a torn Achilles tendon.

The All-Star guard was waived by the Bucks on Tuesday after suffering a torn Achilles that will sideline him for the upcoming season. The remaining two years and $113 million on his contract will be spread across the next five years of Milwaukee's books.

Damian Lillard now has more freedom to choose where his next basketball destination will be after the Milwaukee Bucks waived him and stretched the $113 million left on his contract to acquire big man Myles Turner on Tuesday,