The Blazers let go in the race for the “play-in” with four victories less than the Thunder, current 10th, and according to The Athleticmanagement is considering doing without Damian Lillard for the end of the season! The All-Star leader has been affected in the right calf for 15 days, and he had also been spared against the Bulls. There are nine games left to play, so four in a row at home, but the staff would already be looking to next season, and no doubt there is no need to aggravate this calf injury. It should also be remembered that against Chicago, the staff had decided to do without four starters since Jusuf Nurkic, Jerami Grant and Simmons were also absent.
“It’s obviously frustrating”he confided a week ago. “When you fight for something and look at the last two weeks, we have wasted several opportunities. And we look at the others… We see teams taking advantage of their chances, and not us. We are falling behind. »
Returning to his best level after an almost white season, Lillard has not achieved a miracle this season with an unbalanced workforce, and the injury of Anfernee Simmons and the absence and then the transfer of rookie Gary Payton II obviously did not. not help the team. This probable sidelining will allow Chauncey Billups to give playing time to his young people, but also allow the team to secure a place in the “lottery teams” with the hope of selecting high in the Draft. For now, the Blazers have the 6th worst record in the NBA.
Then, at the end of June, we will know very quickly if Lillard remains faithful to his team forever, or if he plans to request a transfer. He kept saying he was against “super teams” and the idea of leaving to try to win a title. But at almost 33 years old, the hands of his famous watch are turning…
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Damian Lillard | 58 | 36.3 | 46.3 | 37.1 | 91.4 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 32.2 |
| Anfernee Simons | 62 | 35.0 | 44.7 | 37.7 | 89.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 21.1 |
| Jerami Grant | 63 | 35.6 | 47.5 | 40.1 | 81.3 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 20.5 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 52 | 26.8 | 51.9 | 36.1 | 66.1 | 2.2 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 13.3 |
| Cam Reddish | 18 | 28.2 | 44.2 | 32.6 | 82.1 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 11.3 |
| Josh Hart | 51 | 33.4 | 50.4 | 30.4 | 73.1 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 9.5 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 72 | 20.8 | 47.6 | 36.1 | 68.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 8.3 |
| Matisse Thybulle | 17 | 27.7 | 46.8 | 38.6 | 50.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 7.9 |
| Trendon Watford | 56 | 19.0 | 55.4 | 40.7 | 74.4 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 6.8 |
| Justise Winslow | 29 | 26.8 | 40.9 | 31.1 | 71.4 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 6.8 |
| Nassir Little | 50 | 17.5 | 45.4 | 38.0 | 69.2 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 6.1 |
| Drew Eubanks | 71 | 19.5 | 68.4 | 42.9 | 66.7 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 6.1 |
| Keon Johnson | 38 | 9.6 | 36.4 | 32.9 | 64.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| Gary Payton II | 15 | 17.0 | 58.5 | 52.9 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
| Kevin Knox | 12 | 8.1 | 50.0 | 26.7 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| Jabari Walker | 47 | 9.0 | 43.3 | 23.3 | 75.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| Ryan Arcidiacono | 7 | 14.7 | 27.3 | 38.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| Greg Brown III | 16 | 5.8 | 39.3 | 14.3 | 41.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| John Butler | 11 | 3.6 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
