Thank you, Dame | January 31, 2024 | Portland Trail Blazers

Thank you, Dame | January 31, 2024 | Portland Trail Blazers

Wearing the letter of D lard I’m not the greatest athlete I’m not the fastest athlete a lot of things could have cut me short from being a NBA player what allowed me to make that jump was just being the kind of person that I am challenge yourself to really be a

Good person cuz it go a long way it’s always been a priority for me to have an impact on the youth communities that I’ve been in just to leave things better off than they were when I became a part of it we’re going to sing him happy birthday together

Happyday the thing that that means most to me is that you know at the end of the day people will be able to you know share my impact and share you know what I meant to them off the basketball court when I’m gone how important it is to

Show up work hard and be mind I wasn’t a highly touted middle school player high school player or college player I had to do my work behind the scenes I had to earn my way and I I didn’t know that I was going to ever get

The credit for it or ever get the results for it so I know what it’s like to be unknown and to not have the the lights on you I don’t forget those steps that it took for me to get here when I first made it to the league

My dad told me the night I got drafted the best thing that I’m going to be able to do with my gift and my blessing is impact other people there’s certain stuff that I got to do to maintain that status and that level of of what I do on the court but

What I do for other people is most important I want to be remembered not as a player but like the principle that I stood on regardless of how successful I was the criticism I want to be remembered for who I Was

Humility. Impact. Respect.

Thank you for all you’ve done, Dame.

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