It’s a Portland Trail Blazers partnership that’s spanned nearly six seasons, thousands of points and “millions of screens.” Damian Lillard, the franchise’s all-time leading scorer and one of the game’s greatest pick-and-roll point guards. And Jusuf Nurkic, the 7-foot, hulking center from Bosnia who’s helped unlock Lillard’s space and talents.
But beyond the on-court partnership, it’s a friendship, one that Lillard calls “true.” During last night’s postgame ceremony honoring Lillard’s franchise scoring record, Blazers broadcaster Lamar Hurd recalled this Nurkic quote from a few years back: “Damian Lillard is the best thing that has happened to me in my life.