Damian Lillard is back and Ja Morant is here. How exactly is this going to work? | Bill Oram
Morant doesn’t particularly address any of those, and yet, he’s here, a dynamic two-time All-Star in need of a second act, being paid a team-high $42.1 million to play the same position as not just Lillard, but Jrue Holiday and Scoot Henderson.
Key points
- The 36-year-old Holiday, who would be a more natural complement next to Lillard or Morant than they are to each other, made his own case for why the point guard rotation makes sense.
- So, you are left to wonder whether the Blazers sold themselves on Morant because of how he can help the current collection of talent or if they simply saw the opportunity to land a….
- Lillard noted how many teams that succeeded in the playoffs last year, think San Antonio with its four point guards, relied on numerous playmakers.
“It’s easy for people to be like, ‘Man how is this going to work,’” Lillard offered.
Additional details
- “‘They can’t do this, they can’t do that.’ But being on the floor with them … we can be a dangerous team and I really believe that.” The onus is on the Trail Blazers starting this month to prove that they bet right in acquiring Morant.
- The haul of assets he collected for Lillard, only to get him back two years later, will go down as an all-time great swindle.
- Neither Lillard nor Morant has achieved stardom due to his defensive acumen.
- Maybe he sees something in a Lillard-Morant pairing that many of us can’t.
- The talent and star power of a Lillard-Morant backcourt is undeniable.
How this summary was made: extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting. It is drawn only from the reporting of the sources listed below — read the originals for full detail. How we summarize →
Advertisement
Every article behind this summary — 1 article from 1 outlet
Get stories like this in your inbox.
Subscribe — it's freeOne free email at 6am — your topics, deduplicated, five minutes. No account, no paywall.