Fidelity pays to leave its name on the shelves of a franchise. In his eleventh season as a Trailblazer, Damian Lillard has just made an indelible mark on Portland’s alltime record. On a successful free throw in the third quarter, the point guard passed Clyde Drexler in Oregon’s top scorer rankings. With 18,048 points, Dame Time is now ahead The Glide and his 18,040 points. A party that could have been more complete without a game winner from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Under contract with his favorite franchise until 2026-2027, Lillard has certainly not finished breaking records. He misses 138 games and 3012 minutes to become the player to have spent the most time in a Blazers jersey. As for decisive passes, he still needs 460 offerings to put the leader Terry Porter in his rear view mirror. The General Manager Joe Cronin wanted to congratulate as it should be the leader of his team:
Damian Portland’s attachment is now etched forever with this prestigious step in his career. His dedication, humility and hard work have been the pillars in his journey to date. On behalf of the entire organization, we would like to congratulate Damian on this great achievement and we hope to see many more.
With stars spending less and less time in their historic franchise, franchise alltime records are becoming rather rare. Among the next players to be able to put their name at the top of the scoring tablets, we can mention Bradley Beal 879 points d’Elvin Hayes or Devin Booker 3667 stitches Walter Davis.