For a Portland Trail Blazer, Lillard sure gets a lot of positive pub. It's unprecedented -- Dare I say: "Transcendent".
What's not to like? Good young player, stays out of trouble, up-and-coming team, signature moments already, pretty likable, doesn't embarrass the league... Aside from his drinking problem, his inability to get to the foul line and his assignment to the national backwater of OareyGONE, he has everything Silver could want in an NBA-sponsored superduperstar.