Damian Lillard is often getting trolled on social media for a variety of reasons. His lack of success in the postseason is the biggest one of all, but now and then, the NBA community finds a way to bash the Portland Trail Blazers star.
Recently, one fan claimed that the point guard is curiously on the cover of the two worst basketball video games of all time, which is anything but a flattering honor. However, some fans didnโt like this remark and they went to make a case for other games while defending NBA 2K21.
Dame was really the cover athlete for the 2 worst basketball games of all time pic.twitter.com/UwssN72ZeP
— Jay (@JayTrece_) May 3, 2021
You have to be trolling. 17 and 14 are easily one of the best 2k games
— . (@ldontcar_) May 4, 2021
https://twitter.com/juannncena/status/1389377684829097986https://twitter.com/MallyBourdain/status/1389533150435553281https://twitter.com/LovesPatches/status/1389394148470501380
2k18 wasnโt terrible
— YvngJeff (@JaPointGod) May 4, 2021
21 worse
— Jay (@JayTrece_) May 3, 2021
2k18 ?
— Prince๐ชฝ (@ShaiTreyWay) May 3, 2021
bruh bouta cry ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ pic.twitter.com/H7jBygCIE1
— ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ / ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฒ @ NYFF (@vince__2k) May 4, 2021
The Bob marley song made it worth while pic.twitter.com/1halpGk3gG
— arty (@ArtybeingArty) May 4, 2021
current gen did what it needed to do. next gen to me was the failure
— AuronStarGaming (@AuronStargaming) May 4, 2021
https://twitter.com/ImaHooper19/status/1389323244939980811
lol its old af but 2K6 had 5"2 flavor flav dunking on 7 footers as a celeb guest player ๐ญ by far the worst pic.twitter.com/e9rgHWgR94
— Drinky808 โ (@Drinky808) May 4, 2021
2k21 really isn't as bad as y'all make it out to be
— Iso (@Isozzzz) May 4, 2021
https://twitter.com/imlike_Eh/status/1389415366942674945
Somebody said 2k14 was better than 2k21 ๐. Yโall gotta stop basing a full bball game off park or mycareer
— Marvใฒ (@Marvo_32) May 4, 2021
https://twitter.com/pizzabagelzz/status/1389309712676626432
Bro 2k21, as bad as it is, is definitely better than 2k20, 2k19, and 2k18, stop the cap
— ShayanMB24 (@Shayan_MB_23) May 4, 2021
Several people believe every game since 2K13 or 2K14 is the same version as the prior year and there is no real upgrade from the preceding edition. These feelings have gotten bigger in recent years, with NBA 2K receiving more and more criticism from fans.
NBA Live apparently saw a chance to take 2K down, but they also blew it. Fans keep craving a video game that will actually bring new things to the table, not the same thing they saw the prior year but with slightly better graphics.
Curiously, these two games happened to have Lillard on the cover story but that doesnโt mean he had anything to do with that.