{"id":183748,"date":"2019-08-10T03:30:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T08:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/damian-lillard-says-grammy-would-be-cool-but-rings-come-first"},"modified":"2019-08-10T03:30:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T08:30:19","slug":"damian-lillard-says-grammy-would-be-cool-but-rings-come-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/damian-lillard-says-grammy-would-be-cool-but-rings-come-first","title":{"rendered":"Damian Lillard Says Grammy Would Be Cool, But Rings Come First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-108174\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"28.5856079404\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.51\">\n<section id=\"cb-9cc1b8776b716a28ac8f2c4f45d56bae\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-25f8e38a-af22-54bd-98c2-f45a804c1562-300062310-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/080919-damian-lillard-4609952-0-r4qx01f9\">\n              <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-25f8e38a-af22-54bd-98c2-f45a804c1562-300062310-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Damian-Lillard-Says-Grammy-Would-Be-Cool-But-Rings-Come-First.jpg\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>              <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4c6f867b013e5c20c06bb55c3529d02c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"30.7062146893\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/damien-lillard\/\"><strong>Damian Lillard<\/strong><\/a> isn\u2019t forgetting about his day job in the NBA, because championships are still his focus \u2026 but says he\u2019d definitely be stoked to win a Grammy for his 3rd album.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f5879096217b577d4bcf95338f0ee689\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Dame just dropped his 3rd album, \u201cBig D.O.L.L.A.\u201d and the early reviews are good \u2026 so good that some people are saying the NBA star has a shot at rap superstardom.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bb8790cec905e2d71548473aeef82c78\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>So, when we talked to Dame we had to know how far he wants to take this rap thing \u2026 and if he cares about the accolades that come along with it \u2026. like a Grammy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9375d117b97b919608f23245a66217b2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"30\">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care about it maybe to the level I care about being the MVP or winning a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-40238c78ea243f3f7701e8df28ae5b9c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"41\">\n<p>So, there you have it Trail Blazers fans \u2026 you can breathe, Dame isn\u2019t going anywhere. He did point out though, that he thinks he has a chance to do something no other hooper has, and that intrigues him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a22af43af298f2dabaaf91dabcca0646\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>\u201cI care about in the sense that how many NBA All-Stars or max contract players can say, \u2018I legitimately won a Grammy.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5271599e8352b54f9d5ae05023756314\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-f8e72f3af8ebd4e5b59cfa96286571d8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"34.8271028037\">\n<p>None that we can see \u2026 but if we\u2019re being real, none have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/07\/25\/damian-lillard-best-rapper-in-nba\/\"><strong>as good as Dame<\/strong><\/a>. The man\u2019s gotten props from some huge names in hip-hop, and is widely regarded as the best pure rapper the league has ever produced.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b6a801b3d0033fac961d3cf4daf0acd1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Question is now \u2026 how does he get to the Grammys?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ce956e91dd9e33e7c3622a31f59753f9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>\u201cI think it all comes down to the support. I know how big play listing, and being able to get on those playlists is. I\u2019ve gotten the support from my peers. I know they\u2019re listening and really respecting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/08\/10\/damian-lillard-grammy-championships-nba-portland-trailblazers\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/damian-lillard-says-grammy-would-be-cool-but-rings-come-first\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video contentExclusive TMZSports.com Damian Lillard isn\u2019t forgetting about his day job in the NBA, because championships are still his focus \u2026 but says he\u2019d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}