- ABC News
- January 23, 2018
Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard is a two-time NBA All-Star, and he, along with many others, believe his resume should have double the appearances. Despite putting up career numbers the past two seasons, both years the franchise guard was snubbed of an invite to compete with the best in the annual mid-February exhibition contest. It's a tired, recurring theme for the guard, but he told ESPN that his All-Star drought should be eliminated this time around. "I've gotten frustrated just for the fact that it feels like I always got to be the fall guy and every other guy has been deserving," Lillard tells ESPN. "In the past, the thing has been, 'All right, my team has been 10 games under .500 or not in the playoffs,' but every year we've found a way to be in the postseason, and this year I think we're in much better position than we have been in the past two seasons that I didn't make it. I think I've gotten over the emotional part of it the last...