The Damian Lillard appreciation thread

[Natebishop3]

So?

miami is not trading away their best player for CJ.

Fine..... I'm willing to throw in DJJ and Simons

 

[mook]

Realistically how much time do we have left where Dame is at this level? 2-3 years?

Probably. On the plus side, the dude will probably play as a role player until he's 40 if he wants. Camp him out 30 feet from the hoop and tell him to just wait for the spot up shot. We've never had a guy with his kind of range transition into being a role player. It's going to be crazy the way he'll distort defenses.

I'm enjoying Superstar Dame, but I'm not exactly dreading Old Vince Carter Dame.

 

[DDolla]

Dame needs Trader Bob right now !!!!

 

[Shaboid]

If Dame is left with only 2-3 years left of his prime, can we ask how his game is going to age as he does? Someone like Chris Paul's game has aged well, but I think we would have to look more towards Curry as a template for Dame. I guess a lot of it may have to do with who the coach is, but it'll be interesting to see how he runs a team as he gets into his late 30's. I don't care too much as long as he's still a Blazer!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

If Dame is left with only 2-3 years left of his prime, can we ask how his game is going to age as he does? Someone like Chris Paul's game has aged well, but I think we would have to look more towards Curry as a template for Dame. I guess a lot of it may have to do with who the coach is, but it'll be interesting to see how he runs a team as he gets into his late 30's. I don't care too much as long as he's still a Blazer!

Every year he extends his shooting range so by the time he's in his late 30s he won't even have to leave the locker room.

 

[THE HCP]

Probably. Doesn't really matter if it's more than that. Another star player will never come to Portland to join him. Ever. Dame will always have to play with a bunch of inconsistent role players, he will always try to carry them, and he won't be able to.

It's a sad and inevitable future

Then for God’s sake, sit back and enjoy the show while you can.

 

[Natebishop3]

I don’t want to see any bullshit about Dames performance in game 6. The guy was Clearly running on fumes. He had nothing left in the tank and still gave us 28 and 13 in this game. Denver was clearly selling out to stop Dame.