Damian Lillard has been a pretty big deal in Portland since he joined the Trail Blazers in 2012. Dame has been the face of the franchise since that moment and that’s not changing anytime soon. He has been terrific there and people in Portland have high praise for the talented point guard.
Lillard has shown he’s a terrific leader for the Blazers, taking the team to compete for important things in recent years. Last season they struggled to make it to the postseason but Lillard showed his quality and took his team to the big party. Even though he lost to the Lakers in the first round of the postseason, Lillard demonstrated he’s still a good leader. Trail Blazers’ TV analyst Lamar Hurd took things to the next level now, calling Lillard the best leader not only in NBA but sports in general.
“Damian Lillard is the best leader in sports.”
– Trailblazers TV Analyst Lamar Hurd. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/uKPtaca9kG
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) December 14, 2020
Of course, fans weren’t happy with those remarks and while some agreed to that, others named other leaders or simply said this man was wrong for that.
https://twitter.com/iamLeGoat/status/1338341937967935489
Damian lillard is the most overrated player in the NBA. Dudes career is the same shit. Blazers are like 5 games under .500. Lillard got snubbed from something, averages 50 a game in the last 10 to sneak into playoffs. Then he does nothing in the playoffs
— Jordan (@JalapenoJordan) December 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/Officialj0nn/status/1338341011144237056https://twitter.com/TheGreenSnipa/status/1338340957289402371https://twitter.com/KingJamesBeard/status/1338340849210552320https://twitter.com/pramraaj/status/1338340992857026561
He's kinda right. Even though lebron wasn't wrong Damian would never call out his teammates publicly pic.twitter.com/B33htjJ9MQ
— NBA Expert. (@WhatSeperatesU) December 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/bron_brow/status/1338341102701592576
Not the best but better than Bron
— Zach Danny (@ZachDa48582118) December 14, 2020
I disagree about “in all sports” but he has been voted by all managers around the league as the best leader in basketball. It’s a very big call to say he is the best leader in sports though.
— Harvey Grant (@harveymaxgrantt) December 14, 2020
Cap, LeBron is
— Alejandro Torres (@Alejandro_t9) December 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/CrackheadBev/status/1338340832756293632https://twitter.com/CopyNinjaLogan/status/1338340842180849665https://twitter.com/sportsf72303912/status/1338341048402276353https://twitter.com/crisfierro12/status/1338358005457285121
Lillard has taken his team to compete in the NBA in the past couple of years. His best season with the Blazers happened in 2019/20 when they reached the WCF and were swept by the Golden State Warriors. Lillard is trying to emulate and improve that but the league is more competitive right now. Perhaps this season will be the perfect one for him to show that he can lead his team to the Finals once and for all.
