Damian Lillard understands the NBA is a business when it comes to the possibility of LaMarcus Aldridge signing elsewhere in free agency.

"You seen LeBron [James] leave Cleveland and come back to Cleveland," Lillard said. "Guys will do what's best for them. You've got to do what's best for you when you're pursuing a ring or whatever it is."

Lillard is still confident that Aldridge will return to the Portland Trail Blazers.

"I don't have any reason to believe why he wouldn't be back here," Lillard said.