In the days following Kyrie Irving‘s trade request being made public, he has drawn continued comparison to fellow All-Star point guard Damian Lillard.

The 27-year-old appears to have had enough of it by taking to social media to vent his frustrations with constantly being mentioned in the discussion.

In his first five seasons in the league, he has helped lead the Portland Trail Blazers to the playoffs in four consecutive years with a pair of trips to the Western Conference semifinals over that stretch. This includes winning more than 50 games twice and earning a Northwest Division title.

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Although Irving and Lillard share many similarities as elite scoring point guards, the two-time All-Star has proven that he can lead a team to success. This is something that the Cleveland Cavaliers star guard is eyeing to do on his own the primary superstar on his team.

Lillard has certainly put together quite a strong start to his NBA career with a pair of All-Star Game selections, and is only the 10th player in the league to record at least 8,000 points and 2,000 assists in his first five NBA seasons.

This past season, he also joined LeBron James and Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history with more than 1,500 points and 400 assists in each of his first five years. The comparisons to Irving may be fair, but Lillard has made it clear that these comparisons are pointless.