Damian Lillard is very comfortable with his commitment to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Lillard met with Paul Allen last year to discuss the direction of the franchise, but whatever frustrations he expressed at the time have been assuaged. 

Lillard has no concerns about the uncertainty over ownership of the Blazers following the death of Allen in October.

There are also signs of Lillard being interested in an extension with the Blazers this offseason. Lillard is likely to be voted to an All-NBA team, which will make him eligible for a supermax extension. Lillard could add four years and $194 million to his deal, which would create a six-year, $250 million commitment as he has two years and $60 million remaining on his deal.

The Blazers are likely to offer Lillard the supermax extension this offseason.

Jusuf Nurkic was stretchered off the floor in the second overtime of the Portland Trail Blazers' 148-144 win over the Brooklyn Nets with a severe leg injury.

The Blazers announced Nurkic suffered season-ending compound fractures to his left tibia and fibula.

Terry Stotts described the injury as "devastating."

Damian Lillard said the injury reminded him of Paul George's leg injury from 2014.

“It made me sick to my stomach. I was playing at the game in Vegas when a similar thing happened to Paul George. That’s exactly what it looked like to me when I saw it. You never want to see that happen to anybody, let alone your friend and teammate," said Lillard. 

Damian Lillard says that CJ McCollum played his last game of the regular season after being diagnosed with a popliteus strain in his left knee.

“I don’t want him to have to rush it. When he does come back, I want him to be himself and be healthy, so in my mind, we are going to finish the regular season without him," said Lillard.

McCollum will be re-evaluated later this week. Lillard added that learning to play without McCollum will make the team better in the future.

“We are in great position, and we need guys to be able to step up; it’s only going to be better for our team in the long run,” Lillard said.

CJ McCollum was diagnosed with a popliteus strain in his left knee following an MRI. He will be re-evaluated in a week.

McCollum was helped off the floor clutching his left knee during their loss to the Spurs. The diagnosis is considered the best possible outcome after initial concerns.

"I don't have a lot of information besides it's painful. I didn't hear anything pop. It was just an immediate discomfort and pain. It was an uncomfortable feeling. You never want to leave the court like that, but it happens," said McCollum.

Alvin Gentry said that the additions of Enes Kanter and Rodney Hood make the Portland Trail Blazers a different team than the one that the New Orleans Pelicans swept in the first-round of the playoffs last season.

Gentry added that trapping Damian Lillard with double-teams won't be as effective as it was last year due to their new playmakers.

“I still think you have to try and get the ball out of Dame and CJ’s (McCollum) hands, but it’s a little bit different now that they have added Rodney Hood to the mix, and even (Enes) Kanter. With those two guys, they have really improved their team...They have more weapons," said Gentry.

Lillard, who said he was surprised with how aggressive the Pelicans trapped him in the series, said he worked on speeding up his decision-making on the ball. 

“First time I played them this year, I was like, ‘That is not happening this time. When I got the ball, I was coming off fast — and now they were the ones shocked. Instead of me being the one off balance, now they were off balance,” added Lillard. 

LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard cleared the air through text messages at the behest of Jamal Crawford. There had been an unspoken tension between the two since Lillard's arrival and Aldridge's subsequent departure in free agency.

"I keep telling him I’m going to come back and finish there. That’s something him and I have talked about — playing together again,” said Aldridge.

Lillard added that had they gotten to know each other while they were Blazer teammates, Aldridge would still be in Portland.

“If we would have talked about it, we would have still been playing together. There was a whole lot of that in our conversation. It was like…all of this could have been prevented," said Lillard.