When I watch Damian Lillard this year, my thoughts drift to Man on Fire, a movie released in 2004 about a man who’s on fire. Denzel Washington plays a former marine-turned-body guard named Denzel (His character’s actually named John Creasy, but really it’s Denzel). His charge, Pita, helps the despondent Denzel rediscover his will to live.
Because it’s a movie, Denzel gets motivation to kick a little rear end. Because it’s a Hollywood movie, there are several explosions. Does Denzel look back at those explosions? No chance! He just strolls away in slow motion with a look that says, “I don’t have time to watch explosions because I’m a man on fire and there’s more stuff to explode!