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Curry and Carmelo are both shooting just 44% and Lilliard is right at 43% in his rookie year. Westbrook is only shooting 43% and is he not a star? Paul George, D Will and Batum are shooting 42% and everyone loves them. Same with Joe Johnson, Luol Deng, Paul Pierce, Monte Ellis, John Wall, Brandon Jennings, and Klay Thompson.

...all those players you listed are either not superstars, or do something else well besides score (defense, rebound, passing).

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He's already responsible for 30% of his teams scoring. 19 scoring himself and 12 more on assists. Pretty impressive. And, he's already turned into there most important player minus Aldridge.

...and they're not good.

No one is saying Lillard isn't a good player. I just don't know that he will be great. Scoring a lot of points with a mediocre percentage in a TON of minutes isn't that impressive. JMO.

With Davis, the writing is on the wall. He's already very good in 3 statistical categories, working on four...as well as posting an insane efficiency rating....and he's two years younger...on another planet.

Guards that can jack up shots are a dime a dozen.

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Posted by KG5989

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Posted on 3/11/13 at 12:16 pm to drake20

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...all those players you listed are either not superstars, or do something else well besides score (defense, rebound, passing).

All those players I've listed have either been to an all star game or they are a young up and coming all star like Batum and Thompson and JWall. Lillard averaged around 7 assists so he isn't just a scorer.

Yes, the Blazers suck. They have a solid starting 5, but they have the worst bench in the NBA. Also, they are 1 of the youngest teams in the NBA that has a lot of young talent. If they can get a C and some bench help, Lillard will improve in a lot of ways.

Lillard can score, assist, and knock down 3s. Those are his 3 categories that he's good at and will improve on. And hisnteam is strictly a jump shooting team, which makes it harder for him to assist. I mean Aldridge is always 15 ft from the rim and he's there PF. Per the player rater, Lilliard is a top 10 PG already, some list him as high as 5, and a top 30 player overall already, some have him as high as 18.

Again, this isn't a Lillard vs AD debate, so stop bringing up what the writing on the wall says about AD because I agree 100% on that. It's about people saying Lillard won't be a super star and won't be a top PG or a top player in the NBA, when he already is 1 of the best in the game.

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