The perception of Dame outside Portland...

Since the post he made about the All star snub... there are some people that have grown tired of him and the 'chip on the shoulder' mentality. Some people call him a diva, crybaby, etc.

I knew that's how it'd look. Boo.

 

Are you going off reddit? Because I sincerely hope not.

 

No. But most articles I've read, and message boards that I've seen where they talk about him, he's not seen in the most favorable light.

Now, it's not horrible like a James Harden or a Kobe... and it's not necessarily a bad thing... but it's just something I've noticed.

 

Noticing the same thing.

 

Welcome to the Internet.

 

You literally rarely saw this before that post of the all star snub. There was the "Fuck damian lillard" after all the game winners... but that came from the teams' he did it against. This is more of a public thing.

 

It's nice when you have a player other fans want to hate. That means they are killing em. The whole "likeable personality" shit don't get you anywhere. I think Dame will be voted in by fans before Aldridge and that's because he has that chip on his shoulder.

 

Look, if a hater has the opportunity to talk, they will. This was just a moment of opportunity for them to step up. They're just trolling for Retweets/Likes.

 

And that's the thing... Around here, Dame is known as likable, charitable, friendly. Which is ALL true. But outside of here, I think he rubs a lot of people the wrong way. That IG post didn't help matters.

 

It wasn't on twitter. lol. These are on message boards and comments.

 

Same haters, different format.

 

Well this won't help that...

 

Well, he did.

These guys commenting are just like the Timbertrolls. Guys who would take Ricky Rubio over Dame and crap like that. Don't mind.

 

You do realize that quote is saying that Adam Silver told Lillard that he deserves it and earned it as a congrats, not the other way around?

 

i smell fear

 

That's some fairweather fandom fo ya! Sly said it in another post, winning solves all these issues. Who cares what Laker fans or Knick fans think of Dame. He doesn't deserve the Felton treatment. Personally I like Lillard more than Kobe but I'm a flawed human being so...there's that

 

Ahh, read that wrong. Thought it was Lillard saying that quote to Silver. Not Lillard relaying what Silver said. Very confusing way to report that message.

 

Lakers fans LOVE Lillard because he ended Dwight Howard's season last year.

 

It was Steve Nash that he really took out, ending his career actually

 

Right. Lakers fans were pissed at Dwight Howard leaving Lakers because "he wanted to win," so when Lillard sent him packing, it was their favorite moment of the season. And in the two games where Lillard destroyed the Lakers this season, they admired him more than they hated him. Lakers fans desperately want Lillard on their team. My source for all of this is Lakersground.net.