Damian Lillard, the greatest Blazer of all time

Damn, time to call your local crisis center dude.

 

Don’t be a duche dame has been a pile of hot garbage the last two weeks. If he leaves like the rest I AINT MAD.

 

Ok I'm a Pels fan but back before we had a team the Blazers we're one of my favorite teams to watch. Dame is a great player. But don't sell Clyde short, he was a special player and that team was so much fun to watch. Terry Porter, Rod strick, buck will, Cliff Robinson and old Kevin Duckworth. But if it wasn't for a guy playing in the East named MJ, Clyde the glide Drexler would have been the best in the game in that time. It was like the LeBron vs Durant these days.

 

Frankly I kind of expect it.

 

Not close? He is breaking franchise records every year.

 

It could be bashing a player. It depends on other factors that we do not know in this scenario.

 

I'm gonna disagree just a tad. I'd rate Lillard above Clyde. I was never a big fan of Drexler. A fan, yes, just not a great big fan.

 

Yes. Not close.....like not top 3

 

So 3rd is close but 4th isn't? Who are your top 3?

 

Clyde is the only debatable one on this subject for number one. Bill Walton brought a title here and? not top 3 even? thats wild. Look, I know you have an overall negative look on the team and Dame in general but it's not his fault he doesn't have help

 

He's great. No doubt about it. He's not Bill Walton. He's not Maurice Lucas. He has surpassed Roy IMO, and he's far beyond Sheed. He and Drexler are a toss up for me. Drexler was the far more dominant player who took us further, but Lillard is a far better leader, and he's still improving as a player. If he makes a similar defensive improvement next season as he did this season he'll be a pretty good defensive player.

I can't think of any player I'd rather have leading this team right now than Dame. He's not the greatest Blazer yet, and he'll need some more help to get there.

But everybody on that list needed help to get there.

 

Bill Walton had a 2 year dominant window that was shortened by injury. Maurice Lucas was an outstanding sidekick and enforcer next to Bill, but was not as dominant a player as Dame. I watched the whole Lucas era. Roy was special, and his career cut short, but was not as dominant as Dame either. Clyde was an elite talent who took years to develop into such a dominant player in his own right. Clyde gets the nod right now, but he also had a superior supporting cast around him. Dame's ceiling is the highest IMO, and no one has been as clutch as Dame. Dame is, at worst, the 3rd best player in franchise history.

 

"Greatest" is one of those words that's been cheapened. I like Damian and think he's a great talent, but sports are ultimately about winning, so if we're talking greatest Blazer then it has to include playoff success, and Damian's resume is looking pretty pedestrian stacked up against other Blazer greats that had both enormous talent and enormous success. With that in mind, I'd go Walton (utterly dominant and a champion, no matter how short-lived), Drexler, Rasheed, then Dame (lots of talent and a great personality, but not enough post-season success).

 

I love Dame

 

At some point it has to cut off. If not 3 to 4 and 4 to 5 becomes 99 to 100, so ya....top 3.

Clyde
Walton
Porter
Lucas
Aldridge

RIGHT NOW those are all greater Blazers than Lillard

 

I disagree FAMS. Winning most definitely plays a part in judging a player, but it's not Dame's fault we haven't moved on. Put him on those dominant teams in the past with Clyde and the gang and he might have won 3 or 4 rings. Adam Morrison has a ring and BRoy doesn't, you know the story. I might go as far as saying he deserves to be ranked higher BECAUSE he has had to do more with less!

 

Surprisingly, this tram has much higher draft picks than the Drexler team. Dame, CJ, Meyers, and Zach are all higher picks than anyone the Blazers drafted back then. Buck was higher but he came in a trade and you could compare his draft ranking to Turner who came via free agency.