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In his 3rd attempt at the 3 point contest Dame Lillard finally won, scoring 3 balls from his money rack. And straight money Dame Dolla has been since returning in January. February was the portland franchises month, where he scored above 30 points 8 times, pulling nearly 40 points and 5 3pts per game. In addition, he missed a total of 4 free throws during his last 10 games as well. That's it, that's Dame. He provides middling assist and rebound value for a guard and does enjoy partaking in a scatter turnover without providing much in the terms of defensive stats. Oh, and he scored 71 points sunday night. Wow! thats got to have play in teams shaking in their boots.

Mr. Lillard has joined the elusive triple pickle club as our week 18 bread and butter pick of the "week."

Dame is back, but in a new way. After a bit of a pickle hangover, the Portland legend has decided that he will never miss another shot. Providing a league high 6/11 3s per alongside a 92 FT%, he's dialed in and shooting 63% from the field which is a 18 percent improvement over his season average. This has culminated in 127 points in 3 games vastly overshadoing his poor turnovers and the fact he's gone blockless in 9 of his 10 last games. Damians season averages have him ranked 3rd in the league for point guard z-scores, where his FG% and lack of defensive stats have held him back, but for someone who needs points and threes he's a rich mans Tyler Herro.

So despite the regression in Portland, Dame continues to blaze a trail straight towards being the week 15 bread and butter "Pick" of the week.

Coming into this season it was a wildcard how Dame would bounce back from his season ending abdomen repair. The 32 year old point guard had been dropping into the second round of fantasy drafts based on an expectation of further regression. The Portland guard has returned to 92% of his 2021-2022 output. On the season he is currently ranked in 3rd per game in both 3pts and FT%. However this week he exploded by hitting all but 2 free throws for the week and had 3 single turnover games while averaging 39 points. This incredible efficiency was more than enough to overcome his weaker than usual counting stats (0 blocks on the week).

While we can only hope that Dame D.O.L.L.A shouts out picklytics on his next album, we are still delighted to confirm him as the 13th bread and butter pick of the week.