Damian Lillard ending up in Milwaukee WAS surprising for these following the NBA information cycle on the time, contemplating there was in depth reporting claiming Lillard would solely play for Miami.
But sooner or later, Dame warmed to the concept of taking part in for the Bucks, and it turns on the market was an surprising X-Factor serving to promote Lillard on Milwaukee. That X-Factor was Pat Connaughton.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had lengthy tried to persuade Lillard to be a part of the Bucks, however Lillard has all the time responded by suggesting Giannis be a part of him in Portland as a substitute.
This is the place Connaughton got here in, in accordance to Lillard.
“Pat Connaughton, who’s on our team now, was my rook in Portland,” he said on ‘Knuckleheads’, a podcast hosted by former NBA gamers Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles.
“And then he ended up signing with Milwaukee. So when he was here, he was like the middleman. So we was in the group chat … [Giannis would say] like ‘Pat, tell him to come here’. He like, ‘Pat, no, tell Dame, he need to come to Milwaukee’. So like it was like ongoing like that.”
In the top, Connaughton’s work paid off, with Lillard traded to Milwaukee in September as a part of a blockbuster three-team deal that additionally concerned the Phoenix Suns.
After an up-and-down begin to the season for the Bucks, Lillard has gained the final seven video games he’s performed in, with Milwaukee dropping the 2 video games he not too long ago missed.
The Bucks are presently 9-4, sitting third within the East.
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