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Damian Lillard (0) andWesley Matthews (2) are toying with the new nickname "Rain Bros," so of course there's already a T-shirt with the moniker.

( Bruce Ely / The Oregonian)

The Trail Blazers have been floating a new nickname for guards Wesley Matthews and Damian Lillard over the past week.

The team is somewhat reluctantly pushing the name "Rain Bros" for Matthews and Lillard, who ranked third and fifth respectively in three pointers made this season. The Oregonian's Joe Freeman has more on the nickname's origin:

"... Aldridge pitched the idea Thursday, during an appearance on the Dan Patrick Show (my good friend Casey Holdahl of trailblazers.com transcribed the interview). Aldridge, noting that both players "rain" three-pointers and that, well, it rains in Portland, initially floated "Rain Brothers" as an idea. But through the course of the interview, Patrick countered with "Rain Bros," which works, in part, because it plays off the word rainbows.

Aldridge said coach Terry Stotts actually came up with the nickname and, when the opportunity presented itself Thursday, Aldridge pitched it.

"I did my job of getting it out there, so we'll see if it sticks," he said."

So now of course there's a T-shirt and graphic representing the duo's new moniker. Check out the design from The Dan Patrick Show:

The main reason for the lukewarm response to the nickname is that it comes to close to "Splash Bros" the nickname of Golden State guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Lillard expressed his concern over the similar nicknames to The Oregonian last week.

"It fits," Lillard said. "But it's already a Splash Bros, so I think that's too close, it's cutting it too close. It almost looks like a copycat-type thing."

Share your thoughts on the nickname and the t-shirt idea in the comments section.

-- Mike Richman | @mikegrich