Within the Trail Blazers, franchise star Damian Lillard has a special name for rookie Caleb Love. “Ask him what I always call him,” Lillard says. “Ask him …” Lillard first used the nickname in November at Golden State, when Love hit six 3-pointers on the way to 26 points during the Blazers’ 127-123 win. Top-10 pick! Lillard trumpeted. Top-10 pick! “Top-10 pick … Just hearing that from him made me so excited … like, he doesn’t even know,” Love said. “I’m still a little kid when it comes to him. I still look up to him.”
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