Hello and welcome to the Ringer NBA show. I am staff writer Logan Murdock and I'm joined by my co-ali, my co-host Apadna cheer

rator of vibes former NBA player budding staff writer. I don't know yet. Roger Bell was popping bro.

Same old same old man. Good morning. Good morning, man. We are recording this at 6.09 a.m. Pacific time.

We get to hear it really early. It gets you guys this, but I want to get right to it, Roger. I want to get

right to it. I want to talk about Dame Lillard. I want to talk about a real Oakland dude. I really want

to get into his performance last night. He scored 51 points against the sixers keeping the blazers playoff

hopes alive. And this was a night after he went back and forth with the clippers on the sideline

Patrick Beverly Morris wins and Paul George. He went back and forth with them after he missed

two straight free throws that could have won the game for them. And then he goes back the next night

and scores 51 points. I know how I feel about this. Right. How do you feel about this, Roger?

You know, I feel like Dame is the closest thing to Kobe that there is in the game. And I don't

mean that from a from a standpoint of the way they look during it. I'm talking about mentality

where it is always an assassin mode type of thing with them. They're always kind of creating

a chip. I mean, Dame didn't have to in this instance, but there's just always something to prove.

And you feel that when you watch them play like there's respect that they feel they've earned that

they're not given. And the grades have to do that, right? That's what keeps you on on point.

This would keep you questing for the next thing. So he's for me, he's a problem. I mean,

if I had to guard him, I don't even really know exactly where I'd start. The range is what it is.

And he's so shifty and really sneaky athletic. I heard a broadcast the other day where they were

talking about rushes, athleticism. And clearly, you know, rushes a different animal,

athletically at the point guard position. But check out some of Dame's highlights at the rim. Like he's

got he's really, really bouncing. He's a problem. Do you think that he's underrated overrated right

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