Damian Lillard was born in 1990 and is now 31 years old. In 2012, he was selected by the Trail Blazers with the sixth overall pick in the first round of the NBA draft and has been playing for the team to this day. He is an older rookie.
Lillard was initially selected to assist Trail Blazers star Aldridge, but Lillard can score and control the team. His strong physical fitness, excellent wingspan, excellent basic skills and sharp breakthroughs make him amazing. His mature and calm character gradually overshadowed Aldridge's momentum. Aldridge, who was reserved and silent, refused to be left behind and moved to the San Antonio Spurs. The Trail Blazers took the opportunity to correct Lillard, and Lillard also showed leadership qualities and became the new darling of the media and even the league.
However, so far in Lillard's career, as a star highly praised by the team and the league, he has not received any honors. He was only selected to the All-Star five times in nine years, and was selected to the substitute team many times. He was only selected to the All-NBA First Team once. Things like scoring, assists, steals, regular season MVP honors, etc. have never been won once, and the championship is even more unfathomable.
The Trail Blazers have a good lineup and have built a strong team around the two stars in the backcourt. However, it is the star player who determines the upper limit of the team. The Trail Blazers have repeatedly lost in the playoffs, and it has nothing to do with Lillard. His career shooting rate is 43.8%, which is not very efficient and cannot reach the level of a superstar at all. The only thing worth mentioning is that one person has one city, and it is not like joining someone just because he can't beat him. It is now rumored that Lillard wants to leave the Trail Blazers in search of a championship. Not to mention that it is difficult to find a team to take over his sky-high contract. From another perspective, if he really leaves, his consistent personality will be broken. So if Lillard cannot win a championship, he will not even be able to enter the Hall of Fame in the future, and will be spurned by Trail Blazers fans. In the end, he will be a forgotten pseudo-superstar.