Blazers’ Damian Lillard: ‘I Make no longer Revel in’ What NBA Is Turning into With Ring Custom

Portland Path Blazers big identify Damian Lillard does no longer just like the NBA model of being hooked in to handiest winning championships.

The guard mentioned the glean 22 situation with J.J. Redick on The Extinct Man and the Three podcast:

“I perfect don’t know if I will be capable to play a long, very long time on narrative of I don’t ride what the NBA as a entire is changing into,” Lillard acknowledged (1: 34 in video).

Lillard acknowledged he plays for “the delight in of the game,” but he acknowledged most other folks handiest divulge about who wins a championship.

“While I understand we play to purchase championships—we all are looking to purchase the championship—we won’t preserve appearing like nothing issues,” he acknowledged. “Just like the remainder of these issues, the budge, does no longer topic. We are in a position to’t preserve doing that.”

The 11-Twelve months NBA outdated school has stayed steady to the Path Blazers at some stage in his career, but he hasn’t attain stop to winning a championship. He made one hunch to the Western Conference finals in 2019 sooner than being swept by the Golden Explain Warriors.

Outdoor of that hunch, Lillard’s teams contain won handiest two playoff sequence.

No topic the lack of rings, the guard has soundless been among the many most efficient within the NBA over the final decade with seven All-Star choices, six All-NBA honors and a Rookie of the Year award. The 32-Twelve months-former is within the course of a career Twelve months, averaging 32.1 factors and 7.3 assists per sport.

Though Portland has an uphill war to even attain the playoffs—it entered Tuesday 13th within the West with a 31-37 story—the celeb deserves to be favorite for his accomplishments.