Yeah, Dame’s addition of the long bomb was a direct response to the embarrassment of losing to the Pelicans in the first round. He put in massive work to get to where he is now. Thank you, Pelicans.
It reminds me of when Jordan put an entire summer in the weight room after the Bad Boy Pistons beat the shit out of him the playoffs. He hired a personal trainer and got strong because he was tired of getting beat up.
Why play sports in a pandemic? Damian Lillard is showing us. The Blazers lead the Los Angeles Lakers 1-0 in their best-of-seven series because, if we’re doing a real-time ranking of the current greats, Lillard is the most potent basketball player on the planet. People can debate the legitimacy of any champion crowned while sports don’t feel like sports, but there will be no asterisk next to Lillard’s performance.
I wonder if Dame's boxing background contributes to the ease with which he flings those 30+ footers. Seems to me there might be some muscular correlation between the two skillsets.
i read somewhere that his father gave him a 12 lb ball to shoot as a kid. If true, that would do the trick. Like a dognut for a baseball bat.
I think something that has gone unnoticed is that we've been beating the traps teams throw at him by having 40% 3 point shooters at the forward spots. Teams will never leave CJ so we get so many wide-open clutch threes in crunch time by Trent Jr. and Melo in the bubble and they've been making them. If those shots were taken by Aminu and Harkless I guarantee you we'd be losing these games.
And yet there still seems to be some question as to whether Damian Lillard is the greatest Trailblazer of all time. Some folks just aren’t paying attention.......sucks to be them.......
We will never see another player like Dame in a blazer uniform. The combination of his exceptional talent, his unparalleled leadership, and his loyalty to his teammates, the organization, and the city...... we will never see it again. Soak it up while you can.
They're coasting, and that's why I really miss Paul. There's no way in hell that Paul Allen would have allowed this franchise to coast like this.
Yep. Totally agree. Won’t be another guy like this in my lifetime. Makes me sad thinking about this. Must be what Spurs fans feel about Duncan.
