Why not? if he's capable to lead his team and can still produce those numbers or more larger than what people expect then its fine.
But question is does the new management would allow it? knowing that they know Lillard might be injury prone in next following years. Well Maybe we could see all of this once he gets back on the roster if he could still able to lead Portland the same as before.
I don't have any big expectation for Portland but let see what they can do next season.
For now, I believe Portland using him again as the main guy on their roster because that’s the only reason why would a team will re-acquire their main star after trading it.
I don’t know the full scope how deep their roster but for sure they already acquired a lot of young talent and the missing pieces is a veteran star player that has a potential to explode on any game.
Assuming Portland indeed have deep roster including bench. With Lilard help will surely gives them better position in playoffs
Yeah, if chemistries between the players will developed for sure Lilard can help in terms of leading them, with his scoring capabilities I think he still have shot for the team, though it's a new squad that he needed to blend his game the chance is always possible if everyone have that same goal to win, we won't be able to conclude it as the season is not start yet, we will see his impact once we see them playing together.
The team is not the same since he left Portland, so there will be a period of adjustment for Lillard to blend in with the new team. He might still be capable of leading Portland, but he is not what he used to be when he was in the prime years of his career with them.
But looking at the line up, in paper it's very weak as compare to other teams in their division. But let's give him a shadow of the doubt, maybe this time, just like Lebron when he get's back in Miami the second time around, it could be a very different outcome.