Damian Lillard: 'Miami is where I wanted to go when I asked for a trade'
Dru: “I don’t think it was a secret that Miami is where I wanted to go when I asked for a trade. When this conversation started, it was like ‘We’re not going to be able to build this team out. We’ll help you get to where you want to go’. And that was where I wanted to go” @Dame_Lillard
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Kane Pitman @KanePitman
The first postgame show of the season w/@fmaddenNBA
The Dame-Giannis debut was put on hold but what did we see from MarJon Beauchamp, Malik Beasley, Andre Jackson Jr. and the other new faces?
📺 youtu.be/3PxAoiP_mno
🎙 linktr.ee/LockedOnBucks pic.twitter.com/eVSx2wFm8v – 12:35 AM
The first postgame show of the season w/@fmaddenNBA
The Dame-Giannis debut was put on hold but what did we see from MarJon Beauchamp, Malik Beasley, Andre Jackson Jr. and the other new faces?
📺 youtu.be/3PxAoiP_mno
🎙 linktr.ee/LockedOnBucks pic.twitter.com/eVSx2wFm8v – 12:35 AM
Josh Newman @Joshua_Newman
A fresh AP Top 25 has dropped.
7. Washington
8. Oregon
10. USC
15. Oregon State
16. Utah
18. UCLA
19. Washington State
Significant goings on in Seattle this weekend.
USC-Notre Dame loses luster with the Fighting Irish taking a second loss last night. – 2:17 PM
A fresh AP Top 25 has dropped.
7. Washington
8. Oregon
10. USC
15. Oregon State
16. Utah
18. UCLA
19. Washington State
Significant goings on in Seattle this weekend.
USC-Notre Dame loses luster with the Fighting Irish taking a second loss last night. – 2:17 PM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
While they are not playing today for the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo spent 20 minutes after yesterday’s practice talking about his partnership with Damian Lillard.
“This is not any competition between me and him…he will have the ball more.”
More
:theathletic.com/4940113/2023/1… – 11:28 AM
While they are not playing today for the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo spent 20 minutes after yesterday’s practice talking about his partnership with Damian Lillard.
“This is not any competition between me and him…he will have the ball more.”
More
:theathletic.com/4940113/2023/1… – 11:28 AM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
While they will not be on the floor today for the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo spent 20 minutes after yesterday’s practice talking about his partnership with Damian Lillard.
“This is not any competition between me and him…he will have the ball more.” theathletic.com/4940113/2023/1… – 11:26 AM
While they will not be on the floor today for the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo spent 20 minutes after yesterday’s practice talking about his partnership with Damian Lillard.
“This is not any competition between me and him…he will have the ball more.” theathletic.com/4940113/2023/1… – 11:26 AM
Chuck Swirsky @ctsbulls
Bucks: Giannis , Dame, Middleton and Payne are Inactive vs Bulls . – 11:18 AM
Bucks: Giannis , Dame, Middleton and Payne are Inactive vs Bulls . – 11:18 AM
Joe Cowley @JCowleyHoops
No Dame Time, no Giannis, no Middleton…. Bulls got this in the bag! pic.twitter.com/uK08gA9y3c – 11:18 AM
No Dame Time, no Giannis, no Middleton…. Bulls got this in the bag! pic.twitter.com/uK08gA9y3c – 11:18 AM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
#Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin said Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, Damian Lillard and Cam Payne will NOT play vs. the #Bulls this afternoon. – 11:18 AM
#Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin said Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, Damian Lillard and Cam Payne will NOT play vs. the #Bulls this afternoon. – 11:18 AM
Frank Isola @TheFrankIsola
Been a rough two weeks for Miami. Marlins eliminated, Messi eliminated, Dame traded to Bucks, Bills beat Dolphins, Hurricanes hand Ga. Tech a win, Jimmy’s hair. – 12:01 AM
Been a rough two weeks for Miami. Marlins eliminated, Messi eliminated, Dame traded to Bucks, Bills beat Dolphins, Hurricanes hand Ga. Tech a win, Jimmy’s hair. – 12:01 AM
Aaron J. Fentress @AaronJFentress
I’m in a Miami spaces and my fellow ‘Canes fans are going bonkers.
First Damian Lillard to the Bucks and now this.
Prayers up for the city of Miami. – 11:58 PM
I’m in a Miami spaces and my fellow ‘Canes fans are going bonkers.
First Damian Lillard to the Bucks and now this.
Prayers up for the city of Miami. – 11:58 PM
Scott Kushner @ScottDKushner
Hitting 3 teams of a 4 team parlay is proof the universe is just here to mess with us and toy with our gentle psyches.
FU Notre Dame. – 10:41 PM
Hitting 3 teams of a 4 team parlay is proof the universe is just here to mess with us and toy with our gentle psyches.
FU Notre Dame. – 10:41 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Most 4th quarter points in a game last season:
27 — Darius Garland
26 — Joel Embiid
26 — Kyrie Irving
25 — Damian Lillard
Embiid was the only one who got the W. pic.twitter.com/o31YTmdoZD – 7:55 PM
Most 4th quarter points in a game last season:
27 — Darius Garland
26 — Joel Embiid
26 — Kyrie Irving
25 — Damian Lillard
Embiid was the only one who got the W. pic.twitter.com/o31YTmdoZD – 7:55 PM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“I knew it was a possibility. I just didn’t think it was actually going to happen”
Damian Lillard tells @TheFrankIsola & @Scalabrine how the trade went down on his end
Hear our Season Preview shows: siriusxm.us/NBARadioSeason…
@Bucks | @Dame_Lillard | @SiriusXMSports pic.twitter.com/9t5I9gE5Xc – 4:09 PM
“I knew it was a possibility. I just didn’t think it was actually going to happen”
Damian Lillard tells @TheFrankIsola & @Scalabrine how the trade went down on his end
Hear our Season Preview shows: siriusxm.us/NBARadioSeason…
@Bucks | @Dame_Lillard | @SiriusXMSports pic.twitter.com/9t5I9gE5Xc – 4:09 PM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“I knew it was a possibility. I just didn’t think it was actually going to happen”
Damian Lillard tells @TheFrankIsola & @Scalabrine how the trade went down on his end
Hear our Season Preview shows: siriusxm.us/NBARadioSeason…
@Bucks | @Dame_Lilllard | @SiriusXMSports pic.twitter.com/J7XnDm2a7L – 4:04 PM
“I knew it was a possibility. I just didn’t think it was actually going to happen”
Damian Lillard tells @TheFrankIsola & @Scalabrine how the trade went down on his end
Hear our Season Preview shows: siriusxm.us/NBARadioSeason…
@Bucks | @Dame_Lilllard | @SiriusXMSports pic.twitter.com/J7XnDm2a7L – 4:04 PM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“The beauty of my image is that I’ve never tried to have an image. What you see is what you get”
Damian Lillard looks back on this summer pic.twitter.com/7ifUNUs1cR – 2:21 PM
“The beauty of my image is that I’ve never tried to have an image. What you see is what you get”
Damian Lillard looks back on this summer pic.twitter.com/7ifUNUs1cR – 2:21 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Most PPG by an All-NBA 3rd-Team player in a season:
33.0 — Allen Iverson (2005-06)
32.2 — Damian Lillard (2022-23)
31.3 — Bradley Beal (2020-21)
30.3 — LeBron James (2021-22)
The only 3rd-Team players that averaged 30+. pic.twitter.com/CtGjypbkmJ – 2:11 PM
Most PPG by an All-NBA 3rd-Team player in a season:
33.0 — Allen Iverson (2005-06)
32.2 — Damian Lillard (2022-23)
31.3 — Bradley Beal (2020-21)
30.3 — LeBron James (2021-22)
The only 3rd-Team players that averaged 30+. pic.twitter.com/CtGjypbkmJ – 2:11 PM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“I feel like I’m way more locked in…when you have a guy like Dame next to you, you have to be ready”
Giannis talks to @TheFrankIsola and @Scalabrine about his newest teammate
Hear our Season Preview shows here: siriusxm.us/NBARadioSeason…
@Bucks | @Giannis_An34 | @SiriusXMSports pic.twitter.com/UDpTJPuUHm – 1:26 PM
“I feel like I’m way more locked in…when you have a guy like Dame next to you, you have to be ready”
Giannis talks to @TheFrankIsola and @Scalabrine about his newest teammate
Hear our Season Preview shows here: siriusxm.us/NBARadioSeason…
@Bucks | @Giannis_An34 | @SiriusXMSports pic.twitter.com/UDpTJPuUHm – 1:26 PM
J. Kyle Mann @jkylemann
have to imagine this’ll be one of the bigger bar crowds in a while in louisville with UK/UGA and UL/notre dame – 1:02 PM
have to imagine this’ll be one of the bigger bar crowds in a while in louisville with UK/UGA and UL/notre dame – 1:02 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Sunday notes on a Saturday: Heat need to grow equity in Nikola Jovic, Jaime Jaquez Jr. sun-sentinel.com/2023/10/07/ira… Also: Three years ago today; Strus thanks Love, Heat; Embiid on Heat; the Lillard perspective, more. – 9:16 AM
Sunday notes on a Saturday: Heat need to grow equity in Nikola Jovic, Jaime Jaquez Jr. sun-sentinel.com/2023/10/07/ira… Also: Three years ago today; Strus thanks Love, Heat; Embiid on Heat; the Lillard perspective, more. – 9:16 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Most 50-point games in the 2020s:
10 — Damian Lillard
6 — Steph Curry
Nobody else has more than 5. pic.twitter.com/sI51bjtYhc – 7:20 PM
Most 50-point games in the 2020s:
10 — Damian Lillard
6 — Steph Curry
Nobody else has more than 5. pic.twitter.com/sI51bjtYhc – 7:20 PM
Evan Sidery @esidery
The Heat are expected to emerge alongside the Clippers as a top contender to potentially trade for James Harden, per @ShamsCharania.
Could Miami pivot from Damian Lillard to Harden? pic.twitter.com/ukZpjeuGc9 – 2:40 PM
The Heat are expected to emerge alongside the Clippers as a top contender to potentially trade for James Harden, per @ShamsCharania.
Could Miami pivot from Damian Lillard to Harden? pic.twitter.com/ukZpjeuGc9 – 2:40 PM
Tommy Beer @TommyBeer
Complete list of players to tally at least 700 rebounds, 600 assists and 400 made three-pointers while posting a True Shooting percentage above 55% over their first three NBA seasons:
Dame Lillard
Trae Young
Luka Doncic
…and…
Immanuel Quickley
–end of list — pic.twitter.com/BOdbvQOP9l – 1:55 PM
Complete list of players to tally at least 700 rebounds, 600 assists and 400 made three-pointers while posting a True Shooting percentage above 55% over their first three NBA seasons:
Dame Lillard
Trae Young
Luka Doncic
…and…
Immanuel Quickley
–end of list — pic.twitter.com/BOdbvQOP9l – 1:55 PM
Ben Golliver @BenGolliver
Feature: The Portland Trail Blazers waved goodbye to Damian Lillard. Now what?
– Jody Allen’s directive
– Joe Cronin on the messy end
– Blazers mull a Dame statue
– Scoot eyes Rookie of the Year @washingtonpost @PostSports
washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10… – 12:01 PM
Feature: The Portland Trail Blazers waved goodbye to Damian Lillard. Now what?
– Jody Allen’s directive
– Joe Cronin on the messy end
– Blazers mull a Dame statue
– Scoot eyes Rookie of the Year @washingtonpost @PostSports
washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10… – 12:01 PM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
“He brings the best out of both of us.”
Giannis on playing with Dame 👏
(via @SiriusXMNBA)
pic.twitter.com/p8MZyNRJFk – 10:17 AM
“He brings the best out of both of us.”
Giannis on playing with Dame 👏
(via @SiriusXMNBA)
pic.twitter.com/p8MZyNRJFk – 10:17 AM
Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“I feel like I’m way more locked in…when you have a guy like Dame next to you, you have to be ready”
Giannis talks to @TheFrankIsola and @Scalabrine about his newest teammate
Hear our Season Preview shows here: siriusxm.us/NBARadioSeason…
@Bucks | @Giannis_An34 | @SiriusXMSports pic.twitter.com/5qeSrIfFDm – 9:03 AM
“I feel like I’m way more locked in…when you have a guy like Dame next to you, you have to be ready”
Giannis talks to @TheFrankIsola and @Scalabrine about his newest teammate
Hear our Season Preview shows here: siriusxm.us/NBARadioSeason…
@Bucks | @Giannis_An34 | @SiriusXMSports pic.twitter.com/5qeSrIfFDm – 9:03 AM
More on this storyline
With both players so accustomed to having the ball in their hands, the process to finding an equitable solution to sharing could be difficult. For the Bucks this season, it could have been a complex question to answer with input from many interested parties. But in a nearly four-minute monologue, Antetokounmpo explained that the process behind melding their offensive talents will come down to just two people: himself and Lillard. “It’s between — I have to say this as respectful as possible — it’s between me and him,” Antetokounmpo said. “At the end of the day, we have to have conversations every single day on what we are trying to do and we have to be on the same page. And not just me and Dame, me and Khris (Middleton), Khris and Dame, me and Brook (Lopez), Brook and Dame, Brook and Khris, you know, everybody has to be on the same page. But now when we talk about specifically this duo, we have to be on the same page. -via The Athletic / October 8, 2023
“At the end of the day. I feel like this is the first time in my career that I really don’t — I don’t want to say I don’t care because I care a lot — I don’t mind with my usage being 25. I want him to be the primary point guard. He’s the point guard of this team. He’s the guy that’s going to make a lot of decisions with the ball in his hands — in early offense, in late offense, early clock, late clock, early offense, late in the game. He’s going to make a lot of decisions for this team and I trust him. I’ve been playing with him for a few days, like, I know, he’s gonna to find me.” -via The Athletic / October 8, 2023
But in a nearly four-minute monologue, Antetokounmpo explained that the process behind melding their offensive talents will come down to just two people: himself and Lillard. “It’s between — I have to say this as respectful as possible — it’s between me and him,” Antetokounmpo said. “At the end of the day, we have to have conversations every single day on what we are trying to do and we have to be on the same page. And not just me and Dame, me and Khris (Middleton), Khris and Dame, me and Brook (Lopez), Brook and Dame, Brook and Khris, you know, everybody has to be on the same page. But now when we talk about specifically this duo, we have to be on the same page. -via The Athletic / October 8, 2023