Recently, in the regular season of the Blazers vs Hornets, Lillard's play continued to be sluggish, he played 37 minutes, only 5 of 20 shots, 2 of 14 three-pointers, only got 14 points, 2 rebounds and 12 assists of the double-double data, and Lillard's inefficient performance on the offensive end also seriously affected the overall competitiveness of the Blazers, and finally they lost to the Hornets 113:125, tasting the third loss of the season.
In fact, in this game, the offensive efficiency of the rest of the Blazers is not low, CJ McCollum shot 10 of 24, cut 25 points, Nurkic shot 5 of 9, got 13 points and 14 rebounds of the double-double data, at least in terms of the main starting point, the Blazers and the 6-man team scored in double-doubles There is not a big gap, and the reason why it has been suppressed to play and eventually lose the game is actually due to Lillard.
After all, lillard is the only supergiant of the Blazers, after the game is in a state of anxiety, both coaches and players will instinctively arrange Lillard to execute tactics and solve problems, and when his state can not meet this requirement, the Blazers lose is expected.
In fact, since the opening of the season, Lillard's projection efficiency has not been very high, so far, he has been 13 of 56 shots in terms of three-point shooting, shooting only 23.2%, in terms of efficiency alone, Lillard has not even been dubbed the "Iron King" Westbrook more efficient...
And what is it that can make a single 60+ level super giant suddenly slide to this point at its peak? Personally, I think this should be related to the rumors of Lillard's departure this summer, after all, according to the situation at that time, Lillard's application for a trade was almost a foregone conclusion, but who would have thought that in the end, because of The rise of Billups, the Blazers successfully tied Lillard for another year?
But in fact, although the Blazers with the help of fans' public opinion, loyalty and other hype, retain Lillard's people, but his heart is long gone from the Blazers, this year's season after the opening of the sluggish performance, may not be Lillard in their own way to fight the team a means, just like last year when Harden left the team, only let the team's record and personal data deteriorate, the management will have to consider the possibility of trading Lillard!
Of course, this is just a guess, I believe that everyone would rather believe that Lillard is really in bad shape, rather than accept that he is emulating Harden, in order to let the team trade themselves before deliberately not scoring...