After two seasons in Milwaukee, Damian Lillard returns to Portland with a torn Achilles and confidence in his future.

There are no indications that McCollum, who was Lillard’s backcourt mate with the Blazers from 2013-22, will be traded from the Washington Wizards to the Blazers. But that didn’t stop a website from posting the following headline this week: “Wizards Trading CJ McCollum to the Portland Trail Blazers.”