The legendary announcer Doris Burke had high praise from the NBA bubble for the Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard in a recent interview with The New Yorker. In speaking with Isaac Chotiner, Burke stated that Lillard deserves to be spolitlight for his great work in the NBA and beyond.
Well, the first person who comes to mind is [the Portland Trail Blazers guard] Damian Lillard. This goes, Isaac, to the point that I made earlier about these are men who are contributing to their respective communities long before the national spotlight became white hot on this.