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NBA champ questions Damian Lillard's decision to stay with Trail Blazers

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Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard signed a contract extension with the organization that will keep him on the team through the 2026-27 season. But at least one former player questioned it.

J.R. Smith, a two-time NBA champion who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers during the coronavirus-impacted 2019-20 season, wondered whether Lillard was making the right move to stick it out with the team that drafted him instead of going to chase an NBA championship with a different team.

"Like, I love Dame. I love his game. I respect him for doing what he's doing. But at the same time, it's like, you just going to rot in Portland, bro? You are unbelievable." Smith said.

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Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers watches play during a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Moda Center on March 28, 2022, in Portland, Oregon. (Abbie Parr/Getty Images)

The one-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year made the remarks for an upcoming episode of "No Chill with Gilbert Arenas" on the Fubo Sports Network.

Arenas said if he could win six rings in his first six years, he would go for it. The former NBA star added that the lack of rings would hurt the conversation around Lillard’s legacy in the NBA when it’s all said and done.

"The people you put in front of me are not even close to my stature, but because they got a ring, they get pushed in front of me," the former Washington Wizards star said.

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) drives to the basket against Denver Nuggets guard Markus Howard during the second half of Game 5 of a first-round NBA playoff series, June 1, 2021, in Denver. (AP

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