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Dame on his relationship with CJ McCollum #shorts #nba #nbaplayoffs #trailblazers #damianlillard

28 Apr 2022 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, Damian Lillard (Speaker A) recounts the close personal friendship he shared with teammate CJ McCollum. He describes spending time together off the court—vacations, house visits, and late‑night phone calls discussing personal struggles. Lillard reveals that both players were aware that their partnership hinged on winning a championship; they had agreed that if they failed to secure a title within a few years, their bond might end. He notes that even the night before McCollum was traded, they sensed something was about to happen during a midnight call, underscoring the emotional weight of the trade and the unfulfilled championship goal.

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me and CJ had a real friendship. You know, we didn't have one of these like, "Oh, that's my brother," you know, like we spent time together. We went on vacation together. I was at his house, he was at my house. We talked on the phone late at night about, you know, our struggles, you know what I mean? Like, and to this day we still talk, you know, and that's one of the, in my career, that's one, this is one of the things I'm most disturbed by, you know. Because it's crazy, me and him would always talk about, we knew this moment would come, you know, eventually if we couldn't win a championship, we would tell each other, if we don't win a championship in the next couple years, like, it's gonna be over, you know? It's like, it's gonna be over. So it wasn't like we didn't know, like even the night before he was traded, we was on the phone at midnight, like, I think something about to happen, you know? Like, something's about to happen. And he was like, yeah, man, you know, we knew.