Last summer, during the Tokyo Olympics, Jrue Holiday had advised Damian Lillard to have surgery for his pubalgia. The Bucks point guard had suffered from the same injury, and he had discussed it with his national teammate.
“He was really the first person who confirmed to me that I needed to have surgery” says the Blazers star, operated on January 13th. “One day in training, I couldn’t move, and Jrue started describing the slightest symptoms. And he ended up telling me that he had had the same thing. “
Damian Lillard preferred to play the watch, convinced that rest would be enough to heal his injury, and finally, he followed the advice of Jrue Holiday, and had surgery in early January. The staff must examine it after the All-Star Game to schedule a return to the field. But he warns that he will not rush anything.
“I had surgery a week ago and was told they would assess my situation in six to eight weeks. We’ll talk about it then.” he explains to ESPN. “But I’m in no rush… My number one goal is to win a title, and I have to be in the best possible shape to get there, and to be there. So I’m in no rush. We’ll talk about my schedule when we get there.”
“If we start playing for a Draft pick, it wouldn’t make sense for me to come back”
Damian Lillard also reveals that this pain appeared in 2015, and that he had managed to manage it so far. But in Tokyo, he couldn’t move, and he realized that it could only get worse.
“I had reached a point where my head could no longer take over my body, and what I wanted to do and where I wanted to go” he continues. “At some point, you have to play chess. You have to make decisions that will pay off in the long run, not right away. “
Will he come back this season if the Blazers swing the end of the season? “If we start playing for a draft pick, it wouldn’t make sense. [que je revienne]. I’m not going to play for a draft pick. I can’t. If that’s the best and if that’s what’s decided, then it wouldn’t make sense for me to play. “
| Damian Lillard | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2012-13 | ORP | 82 | 39 | 42.9 | 36.8 | 84.4 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 19.1 |
| 2013-14 | ORP | 82 | 36 | 42.4 | 39.4 | 87.1 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 20.7 |
| 2014-15 | ORP | 82 | 36 | 43.4 | 34.3 | 86.4 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 21.0 |
| 2015-16 | ORP | 75 | 36 | 41.9 | 37.5 | 89.2 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 25.1 |
| 2016-17 | ORP | 75 | 36 | 44.4 | 37.0 | 89.5 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 27.0 |
| 2017-18 | ORP | 73 | 37 | 43.9 | 36.1 | 91.6 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 26.9 |
| 2018-19 | ORP | 80 | 36 | 44.4 | 36.9 | 91.2 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 25.8 |
| 2019-20 | ORP | 66 | 38 | 46.3 | 40.1 | 88.8 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 30.0 |
| 2020-21 | ORP | 67 | 36 | 45.1 | 39.1 | 92.8 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 28.8 |
| 2021-22 | ORP | 29 | 36 | 40.2 | 32.4 | 87.8 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 24.0 |
| Total | 711 | 36 | 43.7 | 37.3 | 89.3 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 24.6 | |
