“I turned over to my boy,” Lillard told the Chronicle, …
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On the night that could refresh a fading dynasty, Damian Lillard knew what was about to happen. He is 36 now, an Oakland native who has gone toe-to-toe with Golden State at its rise and its apex and understands its evolution as well as anyone. And as Lillard watched the NBA draft through a television June 23, 10 picks came and went, and a pair of realizations dawned on him in quick succession. One: The Warriors were on the clock, at No. 11. Two: Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg was still on the board. “I turned over to my boy,” Lillard told the Chronicle, “and I said, ‘They about to pick Yaxel.’”
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