Damian Lillard Says He, Paul George Moved on from Past Issues: 'Life Is Short' | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Tomer Azarly @TomerAzarly

I asked Paul George about the range in today's NBA. PG: "Well I guess i was criticized for the right reason for calling Dame's shot in the playoffs a bad shot. I mean I see this guy's range is crazy." Me: "So is that no longer a bad shot?" PG: "It's a great shot. 2 thumbs up."

And on Monday, Lillard tweeted that he wasn't holding any grudges:

Damian Lillard @Dame_Lillard

We shook hands. As a man I don’t hold on to issues that tightly when it’s not that deep. Life is short

The bad blood seemed to start with Lillard's 37-footer in 2019, which he followed by waving goodbye to the Thunder bench. The move was as much directed toward Russell Westbrook and Dennis Schroder, who had plenty of back-and-forth with Lillard throughout the series. 

But George remembered. The next season, with George in Los Angeles, Lillard missed two free throws with the Portland Trail Blazers trailing the Clippers by a point and just 18.6 seconds remaining. George, Patrick Beverley and several other Clippers openly mocked Lillard after the miss. 

SportsCenter @SportsCenter

The scene on Instagram 🍿 👀

Lillard and CJ McCollum didn't forget, publicly mocking the Clippers when they blew a 3-1 series lead vs. the Denver Nuggets in last year's Western Conference semifinals:

CJ McCollum @CJMcCollum

I’ll bring the wine 🍷 . Weather nice as ever too

But all's well that ends well. George and Lillard were teammates on Team LeBron during Sunday's All-Star Game and have moved on from their beef.