Robin Lopez Helped Damian Lillard Start Napping While in Portland

Robin Lopez left the Portland Trail Blazers in the summer of 2015 after two seasons, but his impact is still felt in the organization. As Lopez, a master of sleep, tells K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, he was the one that put Blazers star Damian Lillard on to napping:

“You do have to adjust a bit,” Lopez said. “I could only watch one episode of my silly sitcoms instead of two before I passed out.”

But Lopez doesn’t just pass out. He also passes on his weary wisdom.

“Damian Lillard didn’t nap his first couple years. Then when I was in Portland, he started napping,” Lopez said. “And he said he felt completely different afterward. I’m damn proud of that.”

Lopez also boasts that he can “slip into a coma at any moment’s notice.” You can read Johnson’s full piece on the Bulls’ sleeping patterns here.