When Damian Lillard, the point guard for the Portland Trail Blazers, attended a basketball camp with college recruiters after his sophomore year of high school, he was deemed a player who couldn’t shoot off the dribble.
He talks about that during a new digital show with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks, published to YouTube on Apr. 10. Two weeks later, on Apr. 23, Lillard sunk a deep three-pointer at the buzzer in game five during a series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, pushing the Blazers to a series win. (The Blazers are currently tied 3-3 with the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals.