Grantland: Do Not Cross Damian Lillard

[Boise Blazer]

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/d...lazers-fourth-quarter/?ex-_cid=espnnbaTwitter

hris Kaman has been around the block. He’s halfway through his 12th NBA season and has already worn the colors of five different franchises. He’s seen it all, and he’s not afraid to tell you about most of it —sometimes to his detriment. When you ask him about the tired old sports cliché of some athletes rising in big moments while others shrink, he shoots from the hip.

“I’ve played with guys like Dirk and Kobe, and they obviously love crunch time. But there are some big-time names in the league that don’t want the ball at the end. I know because I’ve played with them.”

Kaman doesn’t have that problem in Portland, where he plays now, alongside Damian Lillard. “Oh, he definitely rises,” Kaman says, laughing. “He’s fearless. He plays with a chip on his shoulder. It’s like LaMarcus [Aldridge] said last week after the Laker game.”1

“The people I work out with in the summer would always push me harder at the end of the workouts. They say, finish strong, kill it. The term they would use is ‘yellow tape.’ You know, when it’s a homicide, they bring the yellow tape out? I embraced that. At the end of games I enjoy that part. I have a yellow-tape mentality. Finish hard. Kill ’em off.”

Lillard’s crime scenes have become legendary. Just ask Houston.

 

[Strenuus]

AHH! I was just about to post this. Damnit. It's a great read, though. Worth the time.

 

[Boise Blazer]

AHH! I was just about to post this. Damnit. It's a great read, though. Worth the time.

Agreed I thought it was a good article

 

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[Boise Blazer]

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I liked these two:

 

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I liked these two:

I suspect next year, that will be red!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I got goosebumps reading that.

 

[Eastoff]

I got goosebumps reading that.

That's just your latest outbreak of STI

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Someone needs to remake "Shaft" for Dame. He's a bad man.

 

[A Lillard Bit More]

Someone needs to remake "Shaft" for Dame. He's a bad man.

Shut you mouth!!!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Shut you mouth!!!

But I'm talkin' about Dame.