Reason Why Damian Lillard is at Odds with Jordan Poole

By | Bullscore 11 Jul, 2023

Damian Lillard is one of the most prominent NBA stars who achieved a lot of things in his career and is also kind to others. He gets well with most of his teammates and other players. Even in his personal life, there isn’t any news of him having a serious issues with anyone.

When the news comes out that a player like Lillard having issues with someone then it’s sure to sunrise everyone and thinking his personality into consideration, it’s most likely that the other party really is the subject of the issue.

According to recent events with the Washington Wizards, it came out that Lillard is having some conflicts with the newly acquired player Jordan Poole. It make a lot of commotion and everyone was wondering about the reason behind it until explained everything in an interview with Colin Cowherd.

“I really didn’t pay attention to him until maybe like two years ago,” Lillard told Colin Cowherd during an interview.

“We played against Golden State, and Steph was hurt, Draymond was hurt. We was playing against them, and he wasn’t playing a lot of minutes, but he like did a move, and he like scored on me.

“He hit a shot, he hit a three, and he started talking s**t. And I was like, ‘I don’t talk s**t. I don’t say nothing, I just play. If somebody say something to me, I’ll say something back, but whatever.”

Lillard didn’t stop there.

“He said something, so I looked back, like what? I think I had like 40, but we lost at Golden State. Towards the end of the first half or whatever, I’m at the free throw line, and he’s just back there talking.

“So I turn to him, and I’m like, ‘Man, shut the f**k, like shut up. He was like, ‘Make me.’ So, my natural instinct was like, ‘Bro, I train in combat. I’m from Oakland. That was my natural. So, we start going back-and-forth.”

Lillard wound up getting some level of revenge on Poole, though.

“And then, like shortly after, we played them on MLK Day in Portland,” Lillard continued.

“And he was on the bench, and I started the game real slow. He’s on the bench, and he says, ‘Oh, he ain’t on s**t tonight.’ So I turn and look at him.

“Draymond is sitting next to him, and me and Draymond is really cool. In that game, I end up scoring 60 points, and we beat them in Portland, and I just remember telling Draymond, ‘Man, I don’t mess with that dude like that, like I don’t like him.’”

Lillard does make a point there and his reasons might be true considering that Poole does have a tendency to rub folks the wrong way.

Now we will have to wait and see whether this conflict resolves near future or gets worse.