DAME TIME: The Full Story (So Far) 

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In two word: He tried.

At the end of the day, he standing on his word as a man and I can’t help but respect that. He’s not out here being wishy washy or flaky. A real solid man

As a blazer fan, I can say that the Lillard era has been a rollercoaster of emotions. It's so fun to watch us play and the fans in Portland are dope. But we're always the underdogs and always on the outside looking in. Fans have been upset with the front office for wasting Dame's career. We made no moves and just sit on our hands content with a 1st round exit smh.

At the end of the day, ‘winning’ is an abstract concept. For some people (me included), that means winning the chip. Maybe for Dame, it means that his mom, his brother and sister, his wife, and his kids will never go to sleep hungry, and being loved by the whole city of Portland. I think all of us should respect that.

The run he had in 2018 was nothing short of amazing. People tend to forget in that WCF the Blazers actually were leading by 10-20 points in most of those games. Who knows what Dame's career would look like if they could just finish a game.. Love that you're bringing these back man. These are the same types of videos that inspired me to start posting. I was just watching the Giannis career story video you made the other day. Keep grinding bro.

Dame is one of my favorite players in the league, but it's obvious that he won't ever leave Portland unless they decide they want to move on from him. His loyalty to the city and organization is something I respect greatly, especially in the era of player mobility, but I don't want to hear any complaints if the Blazers can never get further than maybe a playoff appearance.

Lillard's series against the Nuggets in 2020 was also absolutely insane, including probably the best single-game performance I've ever seen in a loss

I respect Dame for his commitment to being loyal. I appreciate him for not 'running from the grind'. However, his loyalty has gotten him nothing substantial. He may not be 'running from the grind', but he has been running from reality for the past 3-4 years.

Four words: Loyal to no end

I hope this man gets a ring. Along with CP3, Melo, and DRose, no one deserves one more than him.

20 more minutes of my life on RU-vid here we go.

it is extremely impressive to make the playoffs basically every year in the tough western conference. What harden and lillard have done is extremely impressive to actual basketball fans and not casuals. Ring culture is becoming a toxic form of debating who is better as the regular season success gets swept under the rug because fans are always obsessing over rings

This was a great vid dom. Honestly one of my favorites from you.

The zoom in on RIP to start is nasty work Dom😂😂

As a blazer fan it's bonkers to me that we got so lucky to have a guy who fits the personality of Portland so well. And it's a damn shame he probably won't ever be rewarded for it. But i'ma keep advocating for lebron to find his way to ripcity.

dame is a true winner no matter what happens in the league!

Worth it for Dame time. I just hope he feels the same, should he retire without seeing the finals

It's been weird, even before the NBA not getting over the hump was a thing for Lillard, his weber state teams dominated but never could make the ncaa tournament. I absolutely love his loyalty, it's a breath of fresh air in the current nba

Dames been my favorite player since his rookie year trust I know how slept on he is

A fun topic to discuss would be the amount of teams tanking this year, the absolute desperation for Wemby and scoot

Please make more vids like this dom

And now he’s a buck…. Insane

Will always say it as a Portland fan, the 2019 playoffs may have been the worst thing to ever happen to franchise in recent history. I mean they were great to watch, Lillard going off in R1, Cj going off in R2, and thinking we actually had a shot at finals. However it kept the team content, "no roster moves are needed we made the WCF" and "no staff changes needed we made the WCF." I mean we are still feeling knock on affects to this day. The current roster construction has fans saying "we are on the same level as 2019" thats not a good level to be on, that is a good (not great) team that would not have been in the same situation 9 times out of 10. It would also be easier to deal with the playoff losses if Lillard had won an MVP or two. At least then it would give fans something to celebrate (that isn't a celebration of being above average). I love Lillard and the Blazers but without a miraculous stroke of luck, a blockbuster trade or a huge free agent signing (which has never happened in Portland) the Lillard era blazers will never win, and if they do it will quite literally be the greatest ring of all time.

Think it's important to mention that the Blazers didn't have Nurkic during the 2018 run either, so the hope was that his return would push them over the hump. In hindsight that was unrealistic since the west got a lot tougher that season, but I think the Blazers will have interesting pieces to work with to try and make a contender within the next 3-5 years. New coach for the first time in his career, and a new GM who has proven to be far more adept at making good moves. I think the Blazers are hoping Dame will be a player with a slow regression time, allowing him to still be solid once Ant and Sharpe are coming into their own.

Good video as always, Dom

Damian Lillard and Spencer James from All American on Netflix look like each other and act exactly alike. Loyal to a fault and always gotta be the hero 😂

Can't believe that you didn't mention 'the game' in this.

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I remember people was saying Kyrie was the 2nd best PG in 2017 because he hit that shot in the finals but give Lillard Lebron he’s doing the same thing. Lillard > Kyrie

He has my respect for being loyal

Nice sums up. I like when u bringing up about him maybe not wanting the pressure and use loyalty as his shield

Anyone else want to leave a comment starting with "At the end of the day" to defend Lillard's to a fault loyalty? Loyalty is all fine and dandy but when you go at guys for "running from the grind" when you'd rather stay in one spot and do the same thing over and over and over with no real expectations to do anything, that's not really a grind either. It's like running on a treadmill. Sure you're working hard, but you don't go anywhere

Sometimes even if you are loyal, but the franchise either didn't do any shit to improve, your loyalty means no jack shit

I will say it’s important to note that Neil Olshey was a big reason as to why the prime of Damian Lillard was wasted

Big ups for this mostly unbiased, well executed production! #rcfl #letsgoblazers

Portland number one problem has always been that no one wants to play for us.

He’s Back!!!! Dom2K from the Logo 🙌🏽

Underrated vid, RU-vid is being wack towards your channel bro.

I know y’all get annoyed with all the loyalty talk but even as a 6ers fan (we were potential suitors for him at one point) I can’t HELP BUT RESPECT HIS LOYALTY

I’m still pissed that he decided to stay, only cause he deserves a title more than anyone in this league besides CP3. He tried his absolute best in trying to carry this squad and the front office didn’t give him the right pieces to succeed. It’s sad to see

The 1st of your vid’s I’ve watched. I truly liked it. 👍🏾

my first ever nba jersey was lillards so you know ive been rooting for him to succeed

Honestly Dame should leave the blazers and go to actual contenders. A very talented player wasting his career in a mediocre team . Dame is a bucket

That 2020-21 Blazers team was the best team they ever had with Dame outside of the Aldridge era. The reason they lost was because of Bad coaching but people don't want to have that convo,, I genuinely believe if they had better coaching they could've forsure made it to the Finals that year

🐐 of nba yt back at it with a banger

I’ll never understand the Damian Lillard hate. We look at the Lakers, the Clippers, the Nets, and we see all the team up failures, (even if the Lakers do have a ring, LeBron is on pace to make the playoffs in only 2 of his first 5 Lakers seasons). But we demand that the old-school visionaries like Giannis and Dame betray cities who believed in them and helped make them into superstars. Look at what’s happened to Westbrook since he left OKC. Harden since leaving Houston. Even with older players, Dwight after leaving the Magic. Why should Lillard want this? Why shouldn’t he value the potential to be the Dirk Nowitzki of Portland. Fight against the new era to show that sometimes, the player empowerment era doesn’t improve basketball. And I also hate the people who get mad at Lillard for talking about loyalty. His answer is firm and y’all keep asking him to see if it changes.

I haven't forgotten about him, he's been underrated since his second year. A lot of All Stars selected over him are questionable at the gaurd position.

The lack of help is literally wild...

Great video and was objective about his career I can’t be mad

Knowing that the play was drawn for Mo Williams but Dame was just like “fuck it, its Dame time” is my favorite thing about the shot against the Rockets

Love this content

How’d u not mention his fifty point game in nuggets series

🔥🖤Love your videos king

There’s a reason they are called Rip city

This feels like an under appreciation for the legend of Dame Dolla.

Hot take: Dame has the talent of a top 10 Pg ever and if he had a chip he would be looked at as one

Love these vid styles

Dom great shit these past years hope all is well btw the 2k vids coo

Ngl this video made me hop on 2k and win dame a championship

You don't have to win a tittle to be great. Dame us great.

It’s petty much if Lebron stayed with the Cavaliers, slightly good of not getting a high draft pick and no changes in the roster getting no help

I'd love to see lilard play with steph the spacing for both of them would be insane imagine klay steph lilard and green all in the warriors system playing team ball and moving around the spacing woild be so insane

Lillard had his chance ill never forget that WCF bruh the warriors had nobody, I don't even think klay was there the whole series. CURRY packed them up just like he packed up the Rockets. If they would've won the chip that year Curry would've been top 5 all time, of course adding the chip from this season too

lillard was guarded by thompson in that warriors series. not a fair comparison.

Videos like this remind me of the squeaky voice Dom days 🥲

If Liliard decides to leave, i won’t blame him

He hasn't won a title but he has earned my ultimate respect. In fact If anything his story is one of him being too damn good for his own benefit. If he wasn't quite so great and able to carry a team to the playoffs regards of the players around him he might have gotten some lottery picks along the way and gotten a tier of players above what he has been able to do drafting in the latter half of the 1st round. It's also a story of Portland not doing dame right & him still loving his city & his fans the way you hope a star will when you root for him for a decade. Dame may not be Steph Curry but that's okay no one else is either. There is only one. But Dame is my favorite player & I grew up a suns fan, living in AZ my whole life. So there is no reason for me to have a trail blazer as my favorite player other than who he is as a person & player & not the team he plays for or the success they have had.

Loyalty to a business at your legacies expense is fine long as u get the bag but ppl won't remember how much money you made they count rings

Lillard one of the realest most solid players in the NBA, people really disrespecting that, shit lame asf

he's probably going to get a bit lost in the league history, but i don't think people who lived through his career will think any other way than the fact Dame was a great player

that’s y i agree with Taylor rooks wen she said dame has superstar qualities but he’s not a superstar. simply because he doesn’t show up a lot against the superstar players like steph and lebron . Steph is a superstar and as great as dame is , he’s not on that level and well never be on that level . sad to say because he’s one of my favorite players but he does come off as kind of annoying cuz he keeps talking about he didn’t run from the grind but like dom said in the vid , he never put pressure on the organization to get him help . that really shows me how much he REALLY wants to win .

No one gives a fuck that AD got his ring as the second guy. No one gives a fuck that Lowry got his ring as a second guy. No one gives a fuck that Jason Kidd got his ring in 2011. Only the best guy on a championship team gets any credit so why would Lillard go earn credit for some other player?

Mr don’t run from the grind

I respect Lillard more than some of the guys that won championship but I do think if he willing to stay in Portland, he should force the people at top to make the change to help him.

5:30 I never knew Wesley Matthews was wearing these Kobe's when he tore his Achilles. The ones Kobe designed with his Achilles tear in the design. Or something to represent him coming back from his torn Achilles. And they were super high (copying the Jordan XX8 I think it was? 🤔) to prevent any lower leg injuries. The irony of the situation.

TBH as a Dame fan, I'm Disappointed He is Running from the Grind, but in his own way... , u know the Saying he Became what he sought out to Destroy💔

had he left the Trailblazers and joined a better team he would have a better legacy

You could set your watch to Dame and the Blazers losing 20 point leads to the Warriors in the playoffs. Dame has played brilliant stretches of playoff basketball against the Warriors, but Steph has played brilliant playoff series against the Blazers. Love Dame, but he's playing in the Steph Curry era.

Dame is just the worst possible version of Steph Curry

So much wasted potential man. We could've been talking about him as a top 20-30 player of all time had he went to a relevant team. The bad part is both sides are not willing to break up. It's like continuing to stay in a toxic relationship. Obviously it would be better for both sides if they broke up.

This generation’s Carmelo Anthony

Im a fan of lillard.i thik he is a fantastic player, but no way in hell he deserve that 75 greatest honor over dwight horward or vince carter.

I'm probably the minority but I'm taking Dame over any point guard in the league even Steph

2:51 yall saw that travel

And don't forget that DAMN cover curse

My headcannon/fanfiction is that they miss the playoffs this year get the 1st pick wenbanyama and everyone becomes terrified at the Blazers cycle possibly continuing but then they finally get over the hump and either reach wcf again or dame has enough help and wins an MVP

Dame with Curry's help wins multiple championships. It's just facts.

could you imagine if Oden and Roy would've stayed healthy?

Now watch the blazers win the chip this year lol

Dame >>> Kyrie

The blazers should feel ashamed of themselves. That franchise should be cursed like the kings and Knicks for years to come after Lillard retires

Bruhh Demarcus cousin corpse😂😂

I wonder what would happen, if the Blazers up and went to a different City. Would Dame also be loyal to the, lets say, Anchorage Blazers? Or would he stay put and just play for his town, at the local YMCA?

Magic Johnson Steph Curry Isiah Thomas Chris Paul stop my top 4 all time (4th debatable)- Glove Kidd Nash Stockton Price and for honors sake Cousy (Note that West Robertson Westbrook Dennis Johnson and Walt Frazier are on my combo list) where does Dame rank in the top ten all time

Had he met his Phil and Scottie, we'd be ranking him all time

After this video Dame will probably win MVP, All Star MVP, WCFVP and FMVP this season. The Dom curse is wonderful!

16:37 anyone know the music?

First yessiiir

No matter what they say, being loyal will always a W. KD join the warriors to win rings but is he respected? No.