The fan bases in Portland and New Orleans might not necessarily be happy with their teams in terms of wins and losses, but there most certainly is a great sense of optimism in both cities as the franchises seem headed in the right direction for the not so distant future.

Damian Lillard and Anthony Davis — wrote a post about Davis here — are two terrific rookies that have most basketball fans raving given the impressive skills they’ve displayed early in their young careers.

The Trail Blazers’ rookie seems to be leading the Rookie of the Year race at the moment because of his impressive showings under Terry Stotts, but Davis’ injury also helped propel him to the top of the list of candidates for the award.
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Who: Damian Lillard

Hometown: Oakland, CA

College: Weber St.

Position: PG

Height: 6’2

Weight: 185 lbs.

Damian Lillard is projected to be the first PG taken in the 2012 NBA Draft with teams as high as Portland with the number 6th overall pick looking hard at taking Lillard.   There’s a strong sentiment in the Warriors community to take Lillard with the 7th overall pick as he can come in and solidify the back-up PG position and more importantly fill-in for Steph Curry should he continue to experience ankle woes.

Get to know Lillard in the debut episode of his original online series, “License to Lillard”.