Lillard is the most amazing blazer I've seen in person.

[magnifier661]

The guy is just fucking money. His swag is off the charts. He's gonna be something truly special. He will be a superstar.


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[MickZagger]

I'm waiting for him to posterize someone. I think its coming soon.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I'm waiting for him to posterize someone. I think its coming soon.

I like dunks, but the circus shots are something else. He's already at Rod Strickland level for the crazy off the hip shots he can make.

 

[magnifier661]

I like dunks, but the circus shots are something else. He's already at Rod Strickland level for the crazy off the hip shots he can make.

Omg, there was this play when he was whacked twice and circus shot thus flip with his left. I was like, "wtf?!"


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[illmatic99]

I'm waiting for him to posterize someone. I think its coming soon.

He got Nene pretty bad.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I sometimes wonder if he's like (and yes forgive the obvious physical gifts disparity) Michael Jordan in his intensity for perfecting his game.

It seems to me the way he studies his game and the games of others to become better... he did not show half these skills in the first 10 games, but here he is, making crazy drive after crazy drive, opening up his game with long bombs, and willing his turnovers down significantly in the last month. His shot selection is the latest beneficiary of his attentions: in March, he's shooting (as of before tonight's game) 52.9%, and 45.5% from 3! And he's cut his turnover rate in half from February. Amazing work this kid's doing to improve his game. He'd probably be the best bowler in the country if he wanted to be.

 

[Natebishop3]

Remember when some people thought he couldn't finish at the rim?

 

[illmatic99]

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[jlprk]

A couple of months ago he shot outside a lot, and we wondered about going inside, but he's put that concern to rest. His defense has picked up and he's actually not bad at that at all. Everything's on track for a big sophomore season.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Remember when some people thought he couldn't finish at the rim?

Yes that was annoying. "Sure he can do it against the smaller players" but can he dunk in the NBA? Where the basket is ........10 feet?

 

[Mote]

The guy is just fucking money. His swag is off the charts. He's gonna be something truly special. He will be a superstar.

I loved what Shaq had to say when finishing the game recap. Haven't watched it again, but to paraphrase... I know you all love LeBron and Kobe, but make room for Lillard.

 

[roywonder07]

That shooting form of his, just looks like it'll go in every time.

 

[Natebishop3]

I realize that we as Blazers fans can be homers from time to time, but does anyone else feel like maybe we've been cautiously underrating Lillard? When someone asks us to rank PGs, we've put Irving and Curry and even some would put Holliday above him. I find it interesting because many of the national analysts are putting him up there with the best of them.

 

[THE HCP]

Well get his chance coming up. He plays Jrue......Jennings.....and Westbrook on this upcoming trip.

 

[THE HCP]

You want a stat that doesn't show up in the box score...... he was the last player to leave tonight! Down in the loading dock there must have been 75 fans who satyed behind to get autographs. he stayed behind and with Nic and Wes to sign EVERY one and take pics. Then as he was leaving signed both his shoes and tossed them to some kids. Class act!

 

[Natebishop3]

Well get his chance coming up. He plays Jrue......Jennings.....and Westbrook on this upcoming trip.

Anything about his knee John? Looked like he was icing it up after he came out.

 

[jlprk]

You want a stat that doesn't show up in the box score...... he was the last player to leave tonight! Down in the loading dock there must have been 75 fans who satyed behind to get autographs. he stayed behind and with Nic and Wes to sign EVERY one and take pics. Then as he was leaving signed both his shoes and tossed them to some kids. Class act!

He plugged his shoes on TNT. As the board celeb, why don't you ever hand out your family legwear like he does?

Never mind, I got some.

 

[magnifier661]

You want a stat that doesn't show up in the box score...... he was the last player to leave tonight! Down in the loading dock there must have been 75 fans who satyed behind to get autographs. he stayed behind and with Nic and Wes to sign EVERY one and take pics. Then as he was leaving signed both his shoes and tossed them to some kids. Class act!

Wow I like him even more!!!!!

 

[Natebishop3]

Funny story about rookies signing after games, many moons ago I was at the Blazers/Raptors game. This was the season that we traded for Damon, but he was still on the Raps at the time. I went down to the loading dock where everyone waits for autographs, hoping to get Damon to sign my program. Damon never actually showed up because he didn't get on the bus with his team, but the raps had a rookie who came over and was signing anything given to him. I balked at having some unknown guy sign my program.... I wanted Damon dammit!

That rookie was Tracy McGrady.

 

[THE HCP]

Anything about his knee John? Looked like he was icing it up after he came out.

Looked at the injury in the truck from a few different angles. If you've ever bumped knees on the court it kills for awhile. He wasn't limping at all when he was leaving after the game, so I think he will be fine.

 

[Natebishop3]

Looked at the injury in the truck from a few different angles. If you've ever bumped knees on the court it kills for awhile. He wasn't limping at all when he was leaving after the game, so I think he will be fine.

Good news. It looked like he hit in a way that would have hurt the other guy more. Just nervous.... for obvious reasons.

 

[KingSpeed]

He plugged his shoes on TNT. As the board celeb, why don't you ever hand out your family legwear like he does?

Never mind, I got some.

Ahem.

 

[Natebishop3]

Ahem.

You were the board celeb, but you haven't been in anything relevant in a while. You lost your throne.

 

[yenniedn]

You were the board celeb, but you haven't been in anything relevant in a while. You lost your throne.

Depends on which NBA player he's been in...

 

[Natebishop3]

Depends on which NBA player he's been in...

There's a joke to be made about who's on top.... but I'm not going to make it.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

There's a joke to be made about who's on top.... but I'm not going to make it.

The NBA has some extremely deep market penetration among 25-30 year olds.

 

[WillG]

Depends on which NBA player he's been in...

I LOL'd hard. . .nice one

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Lillard now has 9 games with a "Game Score" (GmSc on basketball-reference.com) of 20 or more. Roy had 7 in his rookie year. Roy had 19 his second year, which is something for Lillard to shoot for... this season!

 

[julius]

Lillard now has 9 games with a "Game Score" (GmSc on basketball-reference.com) of 20 or more. Roy had 7 in his rookie year. Roy had 19 his second year, which is something for Lillard to shoot for... this season!

You should compare that to other players (both this year, in the sense of Anthony Davis, and other years).

Go on! do it!

 

[mook]

If Lillard continues at his current 24 pt/7 assist average for the rest of the month, he'll have achieved something Brandon Roy never did in his entire career.

If these numbers are the new "normal" for him (including the gaudy shooting percentages), he has to be in the argument for the best PG in the league. The only guys I can think of who are putting up comparable numbers are Curry and Westbrook.