Damian Lillard has some sage advice for aspiring hoopers.

The way to NBA fame is regularly predictable — secondary school champion heads off to college nobility prior to being drafted into the NBA a little while later.

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What's more, there's no thumping a player for following a way so fulfilling,

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yet with honorary pathway treatment in some cases comes a few negative behavior patterns.

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Propensities like qualification and not being coachable, which can at last set up players for disappointment.

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Fortunate for those, Damian Lillard is around to keep it genuine. At his ball camp, Formula Zero,

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the once semi-secret beginner tuned NBA hotshot dropped a lot of pearls to the young. Golly. Discuss useful tidbits.

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As Lillard shouts out, I envision his words could be advantageous to anybody, not simply to competitors.

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In any case, the campers in participation are getting a few significant words from one of the hardest the NBA brings to the table. Ideally, they benefit from this over the long haul.

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