Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard is raising eyebrows and expectations this season, leading his team to a 42-26 record courtesy of a 26.8 ppg scoring average. That’s enough to get him serious notice for the 2018 All-NBA Team, including from Ben Golliver of Sports Illustrated, who took a comprehensive look at the race for All-NBA positioning this week.
After discussing the serious role injuries will play in this year’s balloting, first-time candidates, and past snubs, Golliver gets down to the crunch surrounding Lillard.
This year, there are at least seven credible All-NBA candidates from the NBA’s top five teams alone: Harden, Paul, Curry, Thompson, DeRozan, Irving and Lillard.