Damian Lillard, Kevin Durant, USA Basketball (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)
I like many Portland Trail Blazers fans would imagine that Damian Lillard would go away to the Team USA camp thinking that it would be a break from the noise of his wanting away from Portland and to focus on his game in a competitive environment.
It hadn’t exactly been so plain sailing in that regard, with the rocky start this team went through initially with early losses, natural leaders within the squad have had to step up and that’s exactly what Dame did.