So if Lillard has already unseated Damon when Damon was such a big piece of the Blazers 2000 conference finals team, and when Lillard has not even got the Blazers to the playoffs yet, Then how come it's going to take Lillard so long to unseat Porter?
Damon was maybe what, the 4th most important player on the 2000 team? Sabas, Sheed, and Pippen were all more valuable, and Bonzi Wells abused Kobe in the post during that series as well.
I'd put Steve Smith ahead of him too, he was lighting it up in the playoffs for us. Hell I might put Grant/Wells ahead of him. Stoudamire was very very underwhelming in the playoffs.
I'm pretty much just looking at his stats and it looks to me like he played most of his first two seasons.
Yeah, I forgot about The Great 8 from Michigan State as well. Damon was argualby behind Greg Anthony at the end of games that season, when you look back on it.
It was at the end of his rookie year he rolled his ankle for the first time and then his second year he was battling it all year. I had him on my fantasy team and he was constantly DTD and left two or three after rolling that ankle and then was out for some time(drafted him round 1 and Broy round 2, safe to say I finished last in my league that year).
Haven't seen much of Lillard but a Curry-Lillard swap is quite tempting. He'll be the better defender, probably gets to the rim better, probably just as good of a floor general and may end up better than Steph. That said, Steph is just a very different player from everyone else in the league. Hes had historically elite shooting percentages to this point in his career. Hes obviously more perimeter oriented, which has bad connotations, but hes so good at it that its a positive. Hes the older of the two, yet just beginning to be the primary ball handler on the team, and hes shown growth there. Hes a mega elite shooter, and you wonder just how much a guy like David Lee or Carl Landry benefit from the extra floor spacing he provides. Hes been clutch this year and when he plays with his douchey swag hes a cold blooded mf'er. All that said, hes got some big time flaws as far as inability to get to the rim (and by extension inability to get FTs), garbage on defense, not a "true" PG, still makes a lot of lazy TOs, and of course his ankle history. Lillard is the more traditional player, hes younger, more athletic, and has no concerning injury history. How good will he be? Hard to say. Steph's a guy you'd ideally want spacing the floor for an elite player and giving you a great second ball handler, but Lillard can be a ball dominant star himself.
