Damian, I love ya, bro, but you gotta start being an a**hole...

first...fans don't win championships nor have to shelf the chance that they may get another one in Dame's era....the thing about the superstars you listed....they all got calls....as to Lebron..he should have stayed with Cleveland......Tim Duncan....that's the guy I look up to as a role model in the sport. I'm a huge Damian Lillard fan....was never a Michael Jordan fan....I felt about him the way people feel about James Harden today....selfish asshole with a free ticket to the free throw line. Got nothing but ref love his whole career...I rooted for Stockton and Malone every finals against those Bulls if the Blazers weren't playing

 

You mean after he had just won three titles in a row and his father was murdered? Is that the time you're referring to?

 

yeah ...that guy....not a fan...not now, not then....I know he's the pop star of basketball fans....not me....as I said...way more of a Tim Duncan fan....I won't watch that Jordan doc either....zero interest...

 

It doesn't matter if you're a fan. He won six championships. He wouldn't have won those titles without an insane drive to succeed. Right now this entire organization does not have that drive. It's very complacent.

 

You know, I didn't like him and still dont like him. I have zero interest in Jordan doc as well. I hate Christian Laettner I prefer.
But saying that Jordan was Harden is insulting to basketball. And I love basketball.

 

Not a fan of the greatest to ever do it. That says a lot. Duncan isn't even a top ten player and he was boring as hell.

 

The same guy who quit after winning 3 championships?

 

I love Dame being a part of this organization, not only a star player but a star human being. He's been on record and not to long ago that sure a championship is what we are playing for but its not everything. He has a definite different perspective on his team loyalty than many other players, which is cool and refreshing. And their are teams that are not loyal at all when it comes to assembling a potential ship team.
Personally Im beginning to warm up to change this offseason, if its the same result that 26 other teams get before the conference finals. I would think Neil and Terry might too welcome a change.

 

I get your point but just for clarification Dame isn’t any of those players.

 

Yes seriously. And let's be clear, Dame won't actually sit out because he knows his value to the team. I am just saying that this could explain why he's not as affected by losses as much, and that he would be completely justified to take a break.

From the horse's mouth: https://theathletic.com/2424011/2021/03/03/portland-trailblazers-damian-lillard/

 

Dame is one of the best players in the league. Arguably top 5. He has done some things that are very special and if you put the right team around him he could be considered in the same breath as those other guys.

 

To not like the guy is one thing, that’s fair. A lot of people didn’t like him. But to disrespect his career and compare him to James Harden? That’s laughable. This hot take gives us all we need to know about your basketball knowledge/credibility.

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yeah...that guy....he had a lot of ref love along the way. He also started the trend of superstar kid's glove hoops....pay one guy a fortune and give 14 the scraps......I'm not a Jordan fan and that's not an argument to waste time on with me...screaming at refs in games and not getting ejected...traveling, palming the ball, handchecking....Jordan was allowed to do anything he wanted with a basketball...y'all can put him on a throne..I wouldn't. I like the team first guys. Chauncey Billups, Damian Lillard's of the league, Tim Duncans...not the Kobe's and MJs...it's all good. Everybody deals with the sport on their own levels of interest. I've never once cheered for Kobe or MJ to win an NBA game....never. Olympics....different story.

 

your hot take on my basketball knowledge and credibility? Have fun with that....I'm making no claims here..and I can disrespect MJ and Kobe in one sentence....Harden in another. It's not a test...it's a choice

 

I believe Jordan was famously pissed when the team traded away his friend Charles Oakley, in an attempt to improve the team.

 

Im not much of a Jordan fan but the dude won 6 rings. I could be biased against him and chalk it up to refs and all this and all that but the dude had the mentality of a winner.

 

Didn't know that. That's unreal.

 

I'm not obsessed at all with rings in the sport....I prefer community outreach, loyalty, character, integrity, mentorship, unselfish devoted franchise identities....Lebron's ring tours aren't helping the sport or respecting the kid in Cleveland with his jersey..nor Durant's ..it's all how you approach enjoying the sport. The Kings should have a championship and Kobe and Shaq one less ring apiece...Tim Donaghy proved that...now we have more parity than ever and to me...it's better for the game than the dynasty eras...I think we have a team you can cheer for but apparently I have no basketball knowledge or credibility...I also think high strung fans need high strung players and coaches to bond with....I like the even keel types more.

 

a lot more in that article about dame's mindset of late. the fact that it isn't stopping him from dominating on the court is a testament to his greatness. Had 38pts on the 2nd of a b2b in 37 mins last night.

 

Man..... I love Dame and this is a healthy way to look at life..... but this is the attitude that's keeping Stotts around.