Notice DAMIAN LILLARD TO PLAY FOR U.S. OLYMPIC MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM

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I'm sick of the B.S. about Dame's play. If he sucked, i would have agreed. But he didn't. So it must be the usual Hater trash thrown around in here. You piss on my family, I get mad. Dame is family.
 
illmatic99 said:
Watching these games, i'm yet again reminded how much more i love the FIBA game than the NBA.

The quicker pace, the lack of defensive 3, the physicality, the 10 min quarters, the short timeouts allowing you to be in and out in 2 hrs-- just perfect.
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And it's funny how magically guys that are propped up by the refs/league suddenly become mortal in international play. Yet.... Dame still looks like a baller.
 
What do you think that means for you and the way you play with Team USA versus the Trail Blazers? What role do you think you’re accustomed to or, after three games, that you’re starting to take on?

Damian Lillard: After three games, I feel like my role is gonna be more similar to my role in the NBA than it is not as far as scoring the ball, attacking, being a playmaker. And the same thing with KD. I could see me and KD having similar roles but not as much pressure to have 30 points, you’ve just got to be aggressive and making plays and kind of getting things going. I could see that. And we’re the longest tenured at doing that. Obviously you’ve got start talent -- Jayson Tatum, Zach LaVine, Brad (Beal) has been doing it a long time as well -- but KD has been the number one option a long time, I’ve been a number one option a long time. That’s why I could see that being our roles, Brad as well.

And shooting. The line is closer, I don’t get catch-and-shoot opportunities (in the NBA). These three games I’ve probably got more catch-and-shoot opportunities than I got all season this year in the NBA. It shows how well I shoot the ball when I get those opportunities. I’m gonna make it.

It’s only been three games but have you been surprised how open you’ve been from the perimeter? That deep three, when you don’t play against guys who take and make that all the time, I think it’s a little hard for opposing players to remember or recognize that some guys will raise up to take those shots.

Damian Lillard: There’s so much talent on the floor. Like, Kevin Durant has the ball, you better help. Brad Beal has the ball, you better help. Zach LaVine has the ball, you better help. You know what I’m saying? Sometimes I catch it and I’m like “Damn, I’m open!” It’s almost like I’m out there like a sniper a little bit. It took me to sit back and watch the games I was like “Is the game just easy? Is this half speed?” and then it registered that like, I’m playing with the best players. I’m not the only player out here that they focus on, that’s why I’m so open, falling into shots and opportunities. It’s fun, that makes it fun.
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https://www.nba.com/blazers/forward...-pressure-and-what-representing-usa-means-him

Wonder if Dame feels like this playing next to CJ.
 
Haakzilla said:
...if CJ wasn't getting fat on the International Wine Tour circuit, it would be great if he was the alternate replacement for Beal. Then everyone could see once and for all, not even Pop could solve the dilemma for a championship.
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You never know, CJ might go off in international play. CJ IS a talented player. He's not Dame, but no one else in the League is either. When he's healthy, CJ has got game. Hopefully Beal has been vaccinated & it helps him get back sooner. But i'd love to see CJ there.
 
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these group games are going to be impossible to watch with the time difference. gotta start recording them.
 
Dame had a great game - particularly like the steals and blocks!


Coincidentally, the guy he was guarding ALSO had a great game:



 
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