Damian Lillard's time with the Milwaukee Bucks went far from expected. Two early playoff exits were far below overall team expectations, but as Lillard highlighted in a recent piece from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Jim Owczarski, those early exits need context. They certainly didn't happen for lack of trying or effort on his end, as plenty of people have tried to argue in recent weeks.
"So I think it’s kind of unfair how people was like Dame (isn’t the same) because of the way I played in Portland. I had the ball all the time, so it just looked different.