Damian Lillard explains why he's the second-best NBA shooter ever

The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Houston Rockets 107-95 this weekend.

While the victory in itself was special, the other big thing that occurred in this one was Damian Lillard crossing the 18,000-point mark.

And in addition to that, Lillard also reached eighth place on the all-time regular-season three-pointers made list.

Lillard touched on his abilities as a shooter after that Rockets game.

“I always see stuff on social media where they talk about the greatest shooters of all-time and they always act like it’s just crazy for people to mention me,” Lillard said, per NBA.com.

“I think for how many threes I’ve made, for how consistent I make them, the level of difficulty that I shoot threes with over years and years and years, I just think it’s kind of crazy people don’t mention me in those discussions.

“Obviously I think Steph is the greatest ever, but I think after him, I don’t see why I’m not clear-cut in that discussion, not just by makes, but how I shoot it, how I make tough ones all the time, how easy I shoot the ball.

“I’m looking forward to keep climbing that list so once I get up there in that top two, top three, I’m curious to see what people will say about me as a shooter at that point.”

Lillard generally keeps it pretty real, and in that respect, him being so honest about the respect he feels he deserves as a shooter is unsurprising.

And to Lillard’s credit, he really is a tremendous shooter.

Will he one day finally get as much credit as he believes is warranted for his skills?

Time will tell.