The player, who left the Portland Trail Blazers after several seasons, spoke about the difficulties of his new life.
The world of sports, especially outside of our country, always seems to sell a life of prosperity. Athletes, many of them millionaires, carry pressures and responsibilities; and many times we forget that more than points, or numbers that, like any worker, players go through moments of doubt, personal problems and situations in your private life that affect what happens inside the game rectangle. One of those who spoke about this situation in recent weeks was Damian Lillard, an important part of the Milwaukee Bucks, who left Portland in search of bigger challenges.
His intervention in the market is one of the most attractive in recent times. Leaving his old home marked a new and an after in a career that, on a collective level, rarely bore much fruit. His talent and the numbers he produced were undeniable, but the desire for glory ended up weighing on him. His main goal was to reach the Miami Heat, but Portland managers had other intentions. A three-way trade that also involved the Phoenix Suns marked Dame’s new direction. The idea of sharing a team with Giannis and trying to compete at the top of the Eastern conference presented an attractive prospect, but as we all know, the script is not always written as we like.
The adaptation to the team took longer than expected, and at this stage of the season (with half of the regular season already played) we started to see the best version of Lillard, and many wondered what was going on with the star shooter. Perhaps the perspective became clearer in recent weeks, when the star himself opened up and talked about his life in this new destination. The move brought sadness into his life, something he didn’t know much about in Portland. “I go to practice, I come home, I watch boxing, and I play video games. Man, I type FightHype on YouTube 100 times and pray there’s something new on there. Seriously, I don’t have much of a life.”
The Milwaukee Bucks are currently third in the NBA Eastern conference. Their record of 39 games won and 21 lost put them below the Cleveland Cavaliers, second, with 38-20 and the Boston Celtics, leaders with a phenomenal 46-12. After a somewhat bumpy start, Lillard is averaging 24.4 points, 6.7 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.1 steals in an average of nearly 35 minutes per game.
Source: Tycsports
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