Damian Lillard

Many of Team USA’s stars chose to opt-out the FIBA World Cup, but as it stands, Golden State Warriors Steph Curry and Blazers Damian Lillard plan on representing the U.S. at next year’s Olympics in Tokyo. “Definitely wanna go,” Curry told ESPN. “I’ve never been on the Olympic team. I’ve been on two World Cup [...]

All-Star point guard Damian Lillard is expected to sign a four-year, $191 million supermax extension with the Portland Trail Blazers this summer. Lillard would be eligible for the supermax if he is named to one of the three All-NBA teams which is likely to happen since he averaged 25.8 points and 6.9 assists in the [...]

Adidas Basketball and Marvel recently announced that they have joined forces to create the limited-edition “Heroes Among Us” collection including five new footwear designs. Basketball players, like Super Heroes, have alter-egos. Just as Super Heroes don masks, players don uniforms, and each athlete represents a different power and skill. These unique powers, once assembled, create [...]

While most hoops heads wonder whether the Portland Trail Blazers will even be able to secure a playoff berth in the brutal Western Conference, Damian Lillard has set his sights on higher ground. He wants to be this year’s MVP. From Blazers.com’s Casey Holdahl: “If I don’t accomplish it, it don’t change,” said Lillard of [...]

Look, if LeBron James really has to, it seems he would embrace the chance to play with Damian Lillard. Kidding aside, this is apparently true, according to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: The most enticing mega-trade on the board not involving Anthony Davis: Lillard to the Lakers for a package centered around Lonzo Ball. Lillard is a perfect [...]

Damian Lillard is probably making a whole lot of people uncomfortable within the Portland Trail Blazers organization. A Twitter user asked the All-NBA point whether he’d be happy getting traded to the Los Angeles Lakers to play with LeBron James. His response was, if you’re a Blazers fan or staff member, less than ideal: [tweet [...]

After meeting with Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen during the middle of this past season, Damian Lillard wants to—well, he wants to do it again. From The Oregonian‘s John Canzano: Lillard is a nice player. A superb offensive player. And he’s carried a Blazers roster that is marginal outside of guard CJ McCollum. But if [...]

Last season, back when LaMarcus Aldridge was doubting his role with the San Antonio Spurs, he may have tried getting Damian Lillard to ask the Portland Trail Blazers to re-acquire him via trade. No, seriously. This sounds like it happened. Here’s the skinny, according to Bleacher Report’s Ken Berger: Still, multiple league sources advised not [...]

Heads seem like they’re about to roll following the Portland Trail Blazers’ first-round sweep from the playoffs. Head coach Terry Stotts’ name has already entered the speculation mill, and apparently, the CJ McCollum-Damian Lillard backcourt isn’t far behind. According to The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor, certain NBA execs believed Blazers general manager Neil Olshey would break [...]

CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard wasted little time breaking down the Portland Trail Blazers’ Game 1 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday. And now, as a result, they’re feeling pretty good about Game 2. From NBC Sports Northwest’s Jason Quick: The text messages zipped back and forth. They talked strategy. They talked about [...]