Olshey to Allen in interview for GM job: "Damian Lilard is your guy"

[Masbee]

Interesting that Olshey came to the Blazers already wanting to draft Damian for the team.

It was all about the pick and roll and LaMarcus Aldridge.

"All our analytics told us he was the most effective pick-and-roll player in college basketball," Olshey said. "Then you go to see him and he's running middle pick-and-rolls, side pick-and-rolls, and he's involving others. He had a translatable skill."​

Olshey needed a pick-and-roll partner for power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, one of the best at diving to the rim and popping out for mid-range jumpers, and Lillard was the ideal candidate.​

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/lee_jenkins/11/08/damian-lillard-portland-trail-blazers/index.html#ixzz2BlpC2IrV ​

 

[ironcrotch]

Not.

Swayed.