Dami Lillard's Challenges

Many people or characters undertake missions. Three examples are the missions of Buck, Damian Lillard, and Giannis Antetokounmpo . However, all three were hardworking and never gave up and then they succeed greatly.

Out of all three missions Damian Lillard has had the hardest journey. He went from almost killed to an NBA all-star. Here is the story of Damian Lillard, from day one he was doubted, he was doubted by his mini mites football teams, to aau basketball, to high school, to college, and even to this day he has been doubled. But through all that, one thing stands out, hard work, the text states, “His instinct to never gave up translated to basketball”(Korzemba 2:46). He worked hard every day, every practice, and every game

and this made him very confident, it made him feel he was on the top of the world. That feeling would end one day after practice, the text explains this by saying, “He fell down with a gun placed on his head, his life could have ended right there, but he didn’t...It was a feeling he never wanted to feel again” (Korzemba 5:36). From this moment on he would never concerned himself with anything except for basketball. Then, he was doubted again when he was looking for a college, his only offer was to a small college college called the Weber State Wildcats. He did very well at Weber State and then, finally, major programs noticed him, the text states, “He stayed at Weber State, stayed to quiet all the haters that doubted him” (Korzemba 6:36). This is basically the end of the story after this he goes on to make the NBA and becomes an all-star and a very good, hard working, and an amazing leader.
Out of all three missions Giannis Antetokounmpo had the toughest goal to achieve.

His main goal was to put his family out of poverty. The text states, “he wanted everything for his family...this provoked him to do basketball” (Handles Up 1:38). When he finally played basketball, he was good at it, in fact he was very good. Him and his brother saw their raw talent and started to train, the text explains this by saying, “he used this as motivation, he wanted better for his family” (Handles Up 2:17). He worked very hard, so hard scouts would come out and see him train and even offer a contract to a local Greek League team! He took this offer happily and started to play on a 16u summer league professional team. He loved this, but he just wanted more, his family was still in poverty and he felt like this just wasn’t good enough. So, he took the next step. He had always been skinny, and that was the main reason he couldn’t get on a premier Greek League team, so he went into training. He trained and trained, the speaker states. “Now his family had a chance to go to the USA and at that moment he knew he had succeeded”(Handles Up 5:55). Yes, he gained enough weight that he was entered into the NBA, but Giannis wasn’t done yet. He became a major impact on the Milwaukee Bucks, right when he stepped on the floor. Every year he has gotten better and he is now an all-star and an MVP candidate. Looking back on all this Giannis felt great emotion, the speaker portrays this by saying,

“Giannis is now being offered millions of dollars, when as a kid, he would struggle to make $10 on a daily basis” (Handles Up 3:56). This is how Giannis’ rise and fall happened to the top of the basketball world.
Out of all three Buck had the most difficult one to understand.

His journey starts off in the Santa Clara Valley, where he gets dog-napped by his owner house worker who sells him to go to Seattle. He then meets his first challenge the “man in the red sweater”, who beats him with a club and then Buck learns the “Law of Club and Fang”. Then he moves more north into Alaska, and then to the Yukon, Canada. This part was the hardest because, “he could have died for a moral consideration” (London 21). He went into camp and saw the horror of the wild beasts, the text states that, “they were savages, all of them... and his first lesson taught him an unforgettable lesson” (London 15). His journey continues on the trail, they move in the sled pulled of the very mighty dogs. One day he felt something inside of him, a feeling of savageness, the text explains, :it was a wolf manner of fighting. To strike and leap away;but there was more to it than this” (London 15). Buck felt it and he needed to be the lead dog, so he fought Spitz and won and very hard fought, bloody battle of the ages. He had to win, the text states, “he had earned it and he would have not been content with less” (London 38). After this he switches owners a bit, and then John Thornton steps up when Buck was getting beaten, he takes Buck in and loves him so. After a while, Buck starts to play with the wolves, and he felt so much instinct to go with them he did. The author states, “and he ran with them,

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by side running with the wild brother, yelping as he ran” (London 84). After, he continues with the wolves and lives with him until his days are done.
In conclusion, when a person, or anything puts in the work you will most definitely get the results. As did Buck, Giannis, and Damian in their own missions. People will always succeed in that moment if you just do one little thing, Work Hard.

Works Cited
London, Jack. Call of the Wild. Scholastic, 2000.
Korzemba, Mike, director. From Almost Shot in the Head to an NBA Star?! YouTube.com, 28 July 2017 https://youtu.be/Roo_a467qWA
Handles Up, director. From Streets to NBA Star. YouTube.com, 21 Apr. 2017,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lmMaiG6I80