3. Damian Lillard will be a busy man on All-Star Weekend. Lillard's got the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge on Friday, he'll most likely defend his Taco Bells Skills Challenge title on Saturday, and he'll be in uniform for the All-Star Game on Sunday. Now Chris Haynes reports that Lillard could participate in the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. Is this too much for a player who's already averaging 36 minutes a night?
SlyPokerDog: Too much? Not at all. I actually hope he does participate in every event. While this is his first year as an all-star this will be his second year at all-star weekend. He knows what to expect.
Let's be honest, All-Star Weekend has grown stale. In recent years when one of the biggest stories has been when someone just happens to jump over a Kia during the Kia sponsored dunk contest the whole weekend comes off as forced and commercial.
And think about how much fun it would, the attention for Lillard and the Blazers it would get and the future advertising campaigns it could generate. Kevin Love's new commercials where he sits at a Taco Bell eating a burrito? Boring! I want Damian Lillard running into a Taco Bell and ordering one of everything off the menu. Why? Because just like all-star weekend, Dame does everything! Hell, (wait, can I say hell in this?) I can see "Dame does" being the "Bo knows" campaign of the 2010's.
Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes 5m
BREAKING:
#Blazers Damian Lillard accepts league’s invitation to compete in Slam Dunk Contest, sources inform
@CSNNW http://www.csnnw.com/blazers/sources-lillard-partake-dunk-contest-mulling-three-point-contest …
