Top NBA Draft prospect Darius Garland is studying the game of Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard. In particular, he’s adopting Lillard’s side step pull-up, he told Sam Vecenie of The Athletic (subscription required):
Garland: “His side step is crazy. He gets so much space on it.”
Vecenie then goes on to explain the clear similarities between the two point guards:
Lillard’s style of play is what I’m most reminded of when I watch Garland, so I was unsurprised when he mentioned the Portland point guard as someone that he watches a ton of tape on.