There isn’t a whole lot new in Lillard’s game so far this season but he’s been a bit more aggressive attacking the basket, with a free throw rate that would be the highest of his career. At age 32 it seemed far to wonder if his best days were behind him but he’s setting the pace for what could be a career season. Lillard only played 29 games last season because of an abdominal injury and was fairly ineffective when he was on the court. He’s averaged 33.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game on a 66.6 true shooting percentage and has led the Trail Blazers to a perfect 4-0 start. If the league was picking an MVP after just the first week of the season, Lillard might be the unanimous selection. Players like Kawhi Leonard, Jamal Murray, Anthony Davis and Zion Williamson have all shown flashes of their former selves but are still struggling to find rhythm and consistency.īut today we’re going to focus on four others who have been surprisingly fantastic to start the season, impressing with old skill sets we thought were gone or new ones they’d never really had a chance to show before. One of the most fascinating storylines coming into this season was the abnormally large number of players returning from injuries or other circumstances that caused them to miss all or most of last season. Damian Lillard has been nearly unstoppable but he’s not the only player off to an impressive start in their comeback seasons.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |