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Date of
birth: 07/15/1990
Country:
USA
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Drafted
(NBA): 6th pick, 2012
Out of: Weber State
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NBA
Experience: 0 years
Hand: Right |
| Agent: Aaron Goodwin (Goodwin Sports Management)
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| When: |
Where: |
| 2008 - 2012 |
Weber State (NCAA) |
| June 2012 - present |
Portland Trail Blazers (NBA) |
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Date
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League
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Transaction
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2012 NBA Draft
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NBA
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Drafted 6th overall by Portland.
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11th July, 2012
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NBA
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Signed four year, $13,845,167 rookie scale contract with Portland. Included team options for 2014/15 and 2015/16.
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 2012 NBA Draft Diary
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| 2012-06-30 |
When questioned about Portland's possible intent, Chris Broussard mentions that they should go for a point guard. It is certainly true that they need one, after the Raymond Felton experiment went so horribly wrong. But one of two things is happening here. Either Broussard is falling into the Jon Barry trap of believing all picks should be made with an eye to balancing the depth chart, when in reality it is very difficult to imagine a situation in which anything other than the best player available should be taken, or he happens to know that Portland are likely to take a point guard here.
Given what we know of Chris Broussard - who all night has spoken only in definitive statements of what teams think, rather than opinions, thereby constantly reaffirming himself as a guy who knows guys and is unwilling to engage in independent thought - it is clearly the latter. Portland does not disappoint by taking Damian Lillard, who has been on a meteoric rise up draft boards over the course of the year, in a way not entirely unlike Dion Waiters has. Lillard clearly knew this was coming, resplendent as he is in Trail Blazers colours, but I fear he may have over-accessorized the outfit:
What Lillard has that Waiters doesn't is many years of quality production. It came against weakened opposition, but is huge production against average opposition better than average production against quality opposition? Yes, if you have the prerequisite skills and physical tools to make it translate. And Lillard does. A graphic flashes up that shows Lillard and Rodney Stuckey as being the only two players drafted out of the Big Sky Conference in the last 36 years - not only is it a nice piece of trivia, it's also quite a good comparison.
In Lillard's interview with Mark Jones, Mark asks him what he learnt from speaking to Gary Payton. Lillard's response: "GP never talked to me about being successful." Gary Payton can now be found walking the streets of Seattle, again with a knife in his chest. We're selling some people out here tonight.
When Lillard is drafted, an almighty scream goes up, and the camera cuts a few seconds later to a slavering bunch of females cheering and jiggling at Lillard's success. They must hunt in packs.
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