Damian Lillard surprises reporter by bringing up his tweet in press conference
Dame sees all.
Damian Lillard is the type of dude who saves receipts of any perceived slight against him. If we didn’t know that before about him, we certainly know it now.
He’s always on social media. He sees and hears everything and he’s not afraid to trash talk or clap back in any kind of way whether that’s in person or online.
A reporter found that the hard way out during one of Lillard’s press conferences.
As the press conference was ending and Lillard had answered a question from the reporter after the Blazers 132-126 win against the Sacramento Kings. After he was done answering, though, he jumped back in for a bit.
Why? To let the reporter know that he saw the tweet where he suggested the Wizards’ backcourt of Russell Westbrook and Bradley Beal could compete with the Blazers’ backcourt of Lillard and CJ McCollum.
It was absolutely hilarious.
“Lillard: I saw your tweets where you was saying there was a backcourt better than me and CJ, too.
Reporter: Today?
Lillard: Well, I don’t see how it would be today after tonight, but you were saying the Wizards back court was better than us.
Reporter: I raised it as an option because someone said there was no contest, and I said ‘well, what about Beal and Westbrook?”
Then, Lillard hit us with this face that is almost certainly going to be a meme all season long.
That is HILARIOUS. Just pure comedy. My goodness.
On one hand, you can understand why Lillard is doing this. He should believe in himself and his team more than anything else.
But on the other, I mean, the Blazers backcourt is better than the Wizards backcourt. But, to be fair, Bradley Beal is leading the league in scoring by a pretty significant margin. Russell Westbrook is hurt so none of this really matters, I guess, but still. I’m probably not the best person to ask about the Wizards right now, anyway.
Either way, this is a great meme to have for the rolodex. Thanks, Dame.