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Former NBA player Raja Bell knows quite a bit about Kobe Bryant’s drive and skill set, which is why he said Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard is the “closest thing” to the Black Mamba. Bell made his claim in the latest episode of The Ringer NBA Show, noting that Bryant and Lillard “both have […]

Damian Lillard affirmed his commitment to the Portland Trail Blazers when he signed a supermax contract worth $196 million for four years last June 2019. However, former Phoenix Suns head coach and ex-Lillard teammate Earl Watson claimed that at least one team approached Lillard to broach the idea of a “super team.” Since @Dame_Lillard won’t […]

Stephen Curry is universally recognized as the best point guard in the NBA, but Damian Lillard is making a case to be right there with Curry based on what he has done the past two years. Curry’s two MVP seasons in 2015 and 2016 with the Golden State Warriors saw him put up 23.8 points, […]

Skip Bayless is the latest person to pick up beef with Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard, as his Monday morning segment was comprised of his lack of faith in “Dame Time.” The controversial FOX Sports 1 personality isn’t buying Lillard’s exploits, even after the Blazers dynamo hung 51 points on the Philadelphia 76ers to […]

Damian Lillard revealed a lot more about his mindset after his recent tiff with Paul George and Patrick Beverley of the Los Angeles Clippers, who took to clowning him after the Portland Trail Blazers came up short on Saturday. Lillard missed two clutch free throws with 18.6 seconds left in regulation, allowing the Clippers to […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard uncharacteristically choked in the clutch, leading to a tough loss against the LA Clippers. Despite this, Lillard maintains a confident mindset — something he said is innate in him. Lillard joined Carmelo Anthony’s What’s In Your Glass show where they discussed everything and anything basketball. Among the matters they […]

Damian Lillard has been doubted since day one. Fortunately for the Portland Trail Blazers star, he’s more than confident in himself and his ability. In fact, according to Lillard, he has been able to use all the criticisms and negativity as fuel and motivation to bring him to where he is now. “My mindset was […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have won four out of their first six seeding games during the restart, inching them closer to the Western Conference’s final playoff spot. One of the team’s top contributors (and best stories) in the bubble has been provided by Carmelo Anthony. The veteran forward is averaging 16.2 points and 6.7 rebounds […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard destroyed FOX Sports personality Skip Bayless worse than he did the Philadelphia 76ers over the weekend, putting on another 50-piece performance on the mean streets of Twitter. Even after a 51-point performance on Sunday, Bayless is not buying “Dame Time” after the Blazers point guard fell short in a […]

The return to form of 10-time All-Star Carmelo Anthony with the Portland Trail Blazers this season has been one of the best narratives in the NBA. As it turns out, Blazers superstar Damian Lillard had a significant role to play in Anthony’s comeback of sorts. When Anthony signed with the Blazers last November, Lillard went […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard had no time to mess around, not this time. Only hours after botching the potential game-winning free throws against Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers, “Dame Time” was back to work with a tantalizing 51-point effort to get back in the winning column. It was the type of […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard responded to Saturday night’s disappointing loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in the best way possible. This came in the form of an astounding 51-point performance on Sunday, leading his team to a huge victory over the Philadelphia 76ers — something that Portland teammate Carmelo Anthony approves of completely. […]

It’s no question that Jusuf Nurkic has Damian Lillard’s back at all times. The Portland Trail Blazers starting center has been known to be an enforcer and has never shied away from speaking his mind – both on and off the court. On Sunday, Lillard converted clutch bucket after clutch bucket to lead the Blazers […]

Damian Lillard had another tremendous showing for the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, as he led his team to a hard-fought 124-121 victory against the Philadelphia 76ers. Lillard stepped it up for his team yet again in crunch time, and after the win, he explained why he thrives in such situations. According to Lillard, he […]

It’s never wise to light a fire under a player as talented as Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard. Unfortunately for the Philadelphia 76ers, they became casualties of Lillard’s bounce-back game after Portland’s bitter defeat to the Los Angeles Clippers. Following a war of words with Clippers players Paul George and Patrick Beverley, the 6-foot-2 […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard blew a chance to win Saturday’s showdown with the Los Angeles Clippers by uncharacteristically missing two crucial free throws late in the fourth quarter. Following the game, Lillard admitted that the misses bothered him because it could have given them a much-needed win, especially since the Blazers are currently […]

Damian Lillard launched a deep shot over the outstretched arms of Paul George just as time expired. Splash, series over. The Portland Trail Blazers eliminated the Oklahoma City Thunder via a 37-foot bomb from Lillard. After the dagger, the 5-time All-Star walked off and waved Oklahoma City’s season goodbye, almost referencing what ended up becoming […]

The beef between Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George and Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard continues. On Instagram, Lillard fired another shot, which appears to be a warning to George and the Clippers. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDpRbSTAMHR/ The feud restarted on the court on Saturday after Patrick Beverley trolled Damian Lillard following a missed free throw, yelling […]

Damian Lillard didn’t always have beef with Paul George. In fact, the superstar point guard wanted the versatile small forward on the Portland Trail Blazers back in 2017. Paul George / few others https://t.co/mG8vbnDbqm — Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) June 14, 2017 At the time of this tweet from Damian Lillard, Paul George had not let […]

Before moving on from his NBA beef with Damian Lillard, Los Angeles Clippers small forward Paul George took one last shot at the Portland Trail Blazers star. After Lillard called out George for changing teams all the time, PG-13 claimed on IG that his run with the Indiana Pacers was better than what Lillard has […]

Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green chimed in on the Paul George-Damian Lillard beef on NBA on TNT on Saturday. The three-time champion and former Defensive Player of the Year said George shouldn’t play the sympathy card and talk about his surgeries after restarting his feud with Lillard. pic.twitter.com/AWGxXfvDf4 — Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) August […]

Los Angeles Clippers superstar small forward Paul George is ready to move on from his feud with Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard. It appears George wants to hit the fishing lakes at Disney World to unwind after a long day. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDpN83eFPFa/ After a long sports hiatus, it was fun to watch Paul George and […]

The LA Clippers defeated the Portland Trail Blazers led by Paul George’s team-high 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting. While defeating the Blazers was huge towards clinching the number two seed in the Western Conference, it was the end of the game and postgame antics involving Patrick Beverley and Damian Lillard that caught everyone’s attention. It […]

Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard called out Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George for switching NBA teams and “running from the grind.” George has played for the Indiana Pacers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Clippers during his NBA career, while Lillard has been with the Blazers since day one. Lillard ended George’s stint with […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard reminded everyone, including Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George, that he’s sent Patrick Beverley and George home in the playoffs before. Things got testy at the end of the Blazers-Clippers game, with Lillard talking smack with Beverley and George. After George saw Lillard’s comments on Instagram, he responded: Paul […]

After Portland Trail Blazers superstar point guard Damian Lillard missed two clutch free-throws against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday, Patrick Beverley, Paul George and Marcus Morris trolled Dame. Patrick Beverley taunting Dame after he misses both potential game-winning free throws pic.twitter.com/ZIUjVbQm6R — Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) August 8, 2020 first he threw up the Dame […]

Damian Lillard believes the Portland Trail Blazers could have defeated the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 Western Conference Finals had they had Carmelo Anthony on the roster. Portland wound up getting swept by Golden State last season, in part because the Blazers were playing without center Jusuf Nurkic. While it may be a stretch […]

Not many times does an NBA team get the chance to start fresh and carry on a season the way it first envisioned it. See, the offseason is often time for optimism, wild prediction, and overwhelming anxiety. When the Portland Trail Blazers started their 2019-20 campaign after being swept in the Western Conference Finals by […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard is pretty happy with how his team has fared inside the Disney World bubble. Recently, the All-Star point guard doubled down on his earlier statement about not bothering to take part in the bubble if the team knew that they had nothing to play for anyway. As it stands, […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard had quite an evening on Thursday, knocking down a career-high-tying 11 3-pointers in a 125-115 victory over the Denver Nuggets. In the process, Lillard joins the Splash Brothers of the Golden State Warriors as the only three players in league history to have made at least 11 triples in […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard is already displaying his playoff form, tying his career-high 11-made 3-pointers in the team’s 125-115 win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday. The 5-time All-Star was simply unconscious from deep, uncorking a game-best 45 markers on an efficient 13-for-21 shooting from the field and 11-for-18 clip from past the […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ Terry Stotts is one of the few NBA coaches who have benefited from the Coach’s Challenge. Records show that he is 13-9 in the challenges which is a relatively good record. But according to Stotts, credit should also be given to his star guard Damian Lillard. In the Blazers’ win over […]

We all know that Damian Lillard and Russell Westbrook don’t like each other. Even in their last meeting in the bubble, the two had words for each other as usual. With a juicy beef such as this, it’s interesting to see when it all started. Here, we take a look at the full history of […]

It is no secret that Damian Lillard has long been requesting the Portland Trail Blazers’ front office get him more help in order to take that next step as a team to legitimate championship contender. What Lillard recently revealed, however, is that Carmelo Anthony has actually been on his personal radar for a long time. […]

Carmelo Anthony had a great showing on Tuesday night as he helped the Portland Trail Blazers secure a win over the surging Houston Rockets, 110-102. Following the victory, Damian Lillard could not help but call out anyone and everyone who continue to doubt Anthony’s credentials as a future Hall of Famer — a notion that […]

The heated rivalry between All-Stars Russell Westbrook and Damian Lillard has come to life once again inside the NBA Bubble. It’s no surprise that Westbrook loves playing against Lillard and Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic. These three NBA players had multiple heated exchanges in the past few years, and with the Rockets meeting the Blazers for […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard revealed that he had another choice for his jersey statement before the NBA forced them to pick from its list. On Twitter, Lillard admitted that he wanted to wear “Oscar Grant” as his jersey statement. However, the NBA released a list of pre-approved words and phrases that players can […]

Down by three points with 6.8 seconds left, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard uncharacteristically passed the ball up instead of rising for a potential game-tying 3-pointer against the Boston Celtics. Lillard looked back on the play, noting that he simply “overthought” it. Per Andrew Lopez of ESPN, Lillard’s initial goal was to create some […]

The Boston Celtics narrowly defeated the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, and although Boston came away with the win, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens was effusive in his praise for Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, saying it is a “joke” how good Portland’s backcourt players are. Brad Stevens with the greatest praise in his arsenal […]