76ers fans did their typical "sucks" chant for every Portland Trail Blazers player on Monday night, except Damian Lillard.
Lillard received cheers from the crowd and eventually heard fans chant, "We want Lillard!"
After the game, the 31-year-old six-time All-Star was asked about the love he received from the Philly fans. Lillard said while he got a kick out of it, he's "10 toes in Rip City" and committed to Portland.
Lillard has been mentioned in trade rumors for Ben Simmons throughout the offseason, as the 76ers' front office continues to say they remain uninterested in trading Simmons unless they can get a difference maker in return. Lillard is definitely a difference a maker.
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Somehow, without Simmons, Joel Embiid (knee) and Tobias Harris (COVID-19), the Sixers beat the Trail Blazers 113-103 to improve to 5-2 on the young season.
As for the Simmons situation, Sixers coach Doc Rivers did say that Simmons did the most shooting he's seen him do "by far" on Monday.