"Said he's been busting my ass for years. That wasn't true, for one, and this was the moment of truth. This was the perfect platform and opportunity for him to prove it and you see what happened." -- @Dame_Lillard
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Jusuf Nurkic says that his grandmother has awoken from the coma she was in due to COVID-19
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Year in, year out, @KingJames one of the most consistent to every do it
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I’ve known @Dame_Lillard since his predraft workout in Portland. I have never, EVER, seen him as mad as he was in the postgame locker room. Pure, uncut anger.
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Damian Lillard announces on Instagram that his fiancé is pregnant with twins — a boy and a girl.
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"That’s my little big brother... The other day after practice, Nurk just came after practice to see my son, no reason at all. You at home he wanna come by and see the baby. I think that says what our relationship is, came to a one-year old’s birthday party." -- @Dame_Lillard
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This clip illustrates the odd way that national media talks about @Dame_Lillard: he's knocked for not making "deep playoff runs" and then in the next breath guys like Doncic, Jokic and Emiid, who have no more postseason success than Dame, are touted as better MVP candidates
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"After you made one of those shots you looked at the camera and you said they couldn’t guard you, with a few extra..."
@CJMcCollum "That’s not what I said Casey. What did I say?"
Casey: "You said that 'They can’t fucking guard me!'"
CJ: "There you go."
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You know it's a great dunk when the opposing teams' broadcast reacts like this. Game recognize game.
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I was running on Lombard a few months ago, guy in a tesla almost hits me pulling out of the taco bell (didn’t touch his car), i keep running, he catches up a few blocks yelling that he better not ever see me again or else, i tell him to pull over and we’ll figure it out right there, speeds off. I bet anything its the same guy.
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“I didn’t want to play. She made me play.” — @bosnianbeast27
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Never hurts to have two coaches who have thrown hands on your staff
ESPN Sources: The Los Angeles Lakers are hiring Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks as top assistant coaches on JJ Redick’s new staff. Redick gets two longtime head coaches with a combined 1,189 victories to surround him.
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Clumping both of @Dame_Lillard’s series-ending shots just to deprive him of two Top 10 spots makes this list invalid
Jordan. Kobe. LeBron.
They all make appearances on the #SCtop10 list of all-time NBA playoff buzzer-beaters.
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Some dork in the crowd: "Carmelo, you need to retire!"
@carmeloanthony: "Shut yo ass up."
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Trebek saying “So… losers” to the woman who performed geek rap is the exact aesthetic they need to recreate, and neither of the dorks they have hosting now can pull it off
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On the Space Jam front, @Dame_Lillard notes he had to shave off his beard, had a week of 15-hour shoots and described his role as “significant, it’s not a cameo.”
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Nurkić found out on the bus ride from the hotel to the arena that his grandmother had passed. Heavy, heavy hearts.
Jusuf Nurkić @bosnianbeast27 will play and start in today’s game. He was notified this morning that his grandmother has passed away from COVID-19.
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Rest easy Eddie, you magnificent basketball-dunking badass. All the best to the folks at the @OregonZoo.
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“I’m not leaving Portland… Adversity is going to hit, there’s goong to be tough times. So if it starts off rocky or if it starts out as a struggle I won’t be happy about it, nobody would. But I’m not going to jump ship and bail out when that happens.” — @Dame_Lillard
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“It’s Oakland, we finessing these folks.” — @Dame_Lillard on the Raiders trading for Antonio Brown
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Dame straight up dared Westbrook to take that three, which he missed. Dame flexed, came down and took a long three, which he made. That's the difference.
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Serious trade negotiations going down here in Las Vegas @Dame_Lillard
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When asked if he would "give back money off of your current contract."
"No." -- @Dame_Lillard
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Jusuf Nurkić has announced via Instagram that his grandmother has died from COVID-19. Just terrible.
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With 51 points, @Dame_Lillard Dame is the 8th player in NBA history with at least fiuve 50-point games in a season. The others:
Wilt Chamberlain
Kobe Bryant
James Harden
Michael Jordan
Rick Barry
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Elgin Baylor
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My favorite Hansen bit so far is him acting mad when Chris forgets to use the microphone
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Terry Stotts stopped a reporter mid question when he mentioned Nurkic was a big part of the team this year to note that "He still IS a big part of this team."
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Ayton tried for hours to combat the sheet of ice leading out of his neighborhood and the team sent people out to help as well, but to no avail, so he is out for tonight’s game versus Brooklyn
Chauncey Billups said Deandre Ayton is ready to play… but he hasn’t been able to get to the arena yet.
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Carmelo stating emphatically that he hopes he can return to the Trail Blazers next season.
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Dame on wearing No. 6: “6th pick, 6x all star, 6x all NBA and 6 years ago was the last time I was with USAB.”
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Gary Payton II (return to competition reconditioning) is out for Friday's game versus Golden State.
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The Trail Blazers and head coach Terry Stotts have come to terms on a multi-year contract extension.
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"Yang’s name, Hansen, means “a vast forest” in Chinese. Yang called it a “great and beautiful connection” and “a wonderful arrangement by fate” that he came to Portland, a city known for its greenery in the Douglas-fir forests of the Pacific Northwest."
Great work covering the Yang Hansen presser via @winstonszeto #ripcity @trailblazers. A nice window into Yang's personality as he chatted in Mandarin with OPB here. opb.org/article/2025/06/27/y…
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Thirty-two points for @Dame_Lillard, the most points an an All-Star Game ever by a Trail Blazer.
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Most points in three straight games since the merger:
175 March 2007 Kobe Bryant
169 January 2006 Kobe Bryant
165 March-April 1, 1990 Michael Jordan
164 April 1987 Michael Jordan
163 January 2019 James Harden
160 March 2007 Kobe Bryant
158 January 2020 @Dame_Lillard
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"They played the East Oakland anthem... Only right I go dumb for a minute." -- @Dame_Lillard. Thank you Disney game ops!
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"I love @CJMcCollum, that’s like a real friend of mine... We always been transparent and nothing was different this time where it was like, “I think something could happen” and he was like “Yeah, I know something is going to be coming up.” -- @Dame_Lillard rip.city/3B8bGYI
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CJ McCollum @CJMcCollum and his wife Elise announce today on IG that they are expecting their first child. Congrats! instagram.com/p/CTfd5JwvadL/… instagram.com/p/CTfdi6VPAAx/…
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A Mother's Day Classic
During his MIP speech, @CJMcCollum relayed a story about his mom just slaying him after a bad game this season
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You can make arguments FOR other players, but you cannot make an argument AGAINST @Dame_Lillard being the 2020-21 MVP rip.city/3dqs8Z2
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In between explaining his issues with officiating over the game as a whole, Lillard had one refrain: We’re in a playoff race and this cost us a game.
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During his MIP speech, @CJMcCollum relayed a story about his mom just slaying him after a bad game this season
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Carmelo already took his sneakers off and gave them to a father and son sitting behind Portland's bench.
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"I was like, I'm gotta go slap hands with the fans. We all in this together, we all went through the BS last year, all the struggles... They was excited like we was excited, so I walked around the court to acknowledge them." -- @Dame_Lillard
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"It's always something man. Every year." -- @Dame_Lillard
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According to an analysis of Twitter data by @betonline_ag, Trail Blazers fans complain the least about referees while Lakers fans complain the most
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The "Damenosis" colorway of @Dame_Lillard's signature, the @adidasHoops Dame 7 EXTPLY. Colorway is an homage of @SHAQ's @Reebok signature, and includes adidas and Reebok logos.
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Met @Dame_Lillard June 15, 2012 after his solo workout with the Blazers. And well over 4000 days later, he’s still the realest you’ll come across. Never switched up, always treated people the same. Few others you could say that about in my 15+ years in the league.
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"It's a special honor. Probably the best honor of my career so far to be considered one of the 75 best in a 75-year history, that’s a hell of an accomplishment, a hell of an honor." -- @Dame_Lillard rip.city/3C4G465
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The Trail Blazers announce that 12 players have recieved the Moderna vaccine through excess supply from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Rond
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Since practice is running long, an excerpt from a July 13 one-on-one I had with @Dame_Lillard here in Las Vegas...
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Dame getting assists from angels. CJ playing with a broken back. Jusuf's grandmother pulls out of her coma but is still hospitalized. Melo is reborn.
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The @trailblazers 2022-23 City Edition uniform celebrates the iconic PDX Carpet design.
"PDX Carpet is a major staple and for that to never be done or never get done at least once, I think that’s a crime." -- @Dame_Lillard
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A legend in every sense of the word @Dame_Lillard
"They played the East Oakland anthem... Only right I go dumb for a minute." -- @Dame_Lillard. Thank you Disney game ops!
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Damian Lillard going 16-of-16 from the free throw line also tied the franchise record for most free throw makes without a miss...
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“Yeah, but Terry would probably lose it if I did that.” — @Dame_Lillard on whether he’s considered shooting from the other side of the halfcourt line
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One more time. All the best and thanks for everything @CJMcCollum.
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"When you go through the darkest times and you stay true to it and keep going, this is what happens. You get a real shot." -- @Dame_Lillard rip.city/2JBMPni
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In all the years I think I asked @Dame_Lillard for a photo exactly once, and @bruceely delivered an absolute banger.
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Chauncey Billups dropped the news: @CJMcCollum (or to be more specific, his wife Elise) had the baby and is expected to join the team on the road in their next few games.
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Up until tonight's game, @Dame_Lillard was in the midst of a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. He woke up late, which means he didn't have a chance to get to the PF for treatment like he typically would...
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As predicted, @KingJames selects @Dame_Lillard with his first reserve pick
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