Damian Lillard got here into the NBA within the 2012-2013 season and he does not like the present route of the league.
In brief, Lillard says that youthful gamers are given an excessive amount of credit score too quickly, and so they play for particular person stats, not the staff.
“When I got here into the league, you needed to earn, not simply what you get from the staff … You needed to earn your house on the staff. It was no, ‘Oh, you’re the sixth choose of the draft, it’s your staff.’ What is that this ‘your staff’ stuff?” stated Lillard on JJ Redick’s The Old Man and the Three podcast, per AllHipHop.
“I believe now the most important distinction is you don’t have that veteran presence. So you bought gamers who’re extra proficient than ever coming into the league, they’re getting picked 1,2,3,4,5, and so they’re making more cash than these picks ever made,” he added. “Not solely that, now you’re giving them the keys to the franchise … There’s so many ways in which the league is completely different. I give it some thought on a regular basis. I don’t know if I can simply play an extended, very long time, as a result of I don’t take pleasure in what the NBA as a complete is changing into.”