Live broadcast, March 22-today, commentator A- Smith talked about Lillard in First Take.
A- Smith said, “I love this brother. It was like this A few years ago. Lillard is one of the greatest defenders in history, and I believe he will be elected to the Hall of Fame in the future. But I don’t know how many times he has been told that the pioneer should not be the place where he stayed. There are about 17 or 18 games this year. The Blazers have been turned over with a lead of 10 points or more. You won’t often see this kind of situation. Personally, I think birupps should be GM rather than coach, but this did not happen.”
“In general, Lillard has been there long enough, if you want to become more competitive and maximize your potential. He did it if he wanted to show his loyalty to the team. He gave everything he had for the pioneers, but it was useless and not enough. He has to put himself in a better situation. Now he has reached this point, which I can see from his face.”
“But it was too late. He should have left the pioneer several years ago. He should have left there. This is how I felt about him. I didn’t say these words to him, but I sent a message to Lillard, ‘You should have left there seven years ago. ‘Now he sees these, I don’t know how he feels, because I haven’t talked to him recently, but based on what I see, I think he already has such an idea.”