Betting: Is Damian Lillard the most exciting player in the NBA?
Jared Quay, Preston Johnson & Matt Moore of the Action Network debate whether Damian Lillard is the most exciting player in the NBA today.
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MATT MOORE: True or false-- name is the most exciting player to watch in the NBA. #DameTime. Jared, is Dame the most exciting player in the league for you?
JARED QUAY: Yeah, right now, he's-- he definitely is. You know, the game is never over with him. He's the most clutch player in the NBA right now. I feel like there's no other player that's exciting like him.
I mean, obviously, LeBron, you know, when he takes over fourth quarter back in the day would be there. But just right now, Dame Time is the best time in the NBA right now.
MATT MOORE: Preston, Lakers fan, do you agree?
PRESTON JOHNSON: Oh, yeah, there's no one on the Lakers that I prefer, outside of Alex Caruso, of course, to Dame Lillard or Steph Curry or Luka-- I love watching Luka Doncic. Last year, just respecting how smart he is with the ball at such a young age last year and that progress that he made. Those are probably top three, though.
That's just kind of the stylistically type of player that I like to watch. Zion's probably, for a big, up there, though. And I think he'll be in the mix for a lot of fans going forward.
MATT MOORE: Mine are always going to be more obscure guys just because I've been covering the league so long--
JARED QUAY: But that's all right.
MATT MOORE: --that I tend to gravitate towards those guys. Mine's Zach LaVine. I've enjoyed watching Zach--
JARED QUAY: Oh, really. OK.
MATT MOORE: --Lavine more than any other player this season. I realized-- I looked this up today. Player is averaging 28 points and five assists, shooting better than 50% from the field and 40% from 3-- those aren't like crazy, statistical, like, getting super narrow. It's just 28 and five and 50-40 splits.
Two players in the NBA-- Zach LaVine's one of them. You know who the other one is, Preston?
PRESTON JOHNSON: Give me 10 more seconds.
JARED QUAY: OK.
PRESTON JOHNSON: This is my case of why he deserves Most Improved Player, by the way, is LaVine is just getting overlooked at this extent. I'm going to go with-- you know, I don't know who it is. Go for it. I don't have a choice.
MATT MOORE: Kevin Durant.
JARED QUAY: Oh, yeah.
MATT MOORE: It's KD and LaVine. And KD's obviously played a lot fewer games. So really impressive season from LaVine. I think that he's been underrated this season.