Damian Lillard posted an iconic video following the announcement of his return to Portland.
Lillard returns to the place where he's spent the majority of his career. The No. 6 pick in the 2012 NBA draft, Lillard played for the Trail Blazers from 2012–23, up until he was traded to the Bucks in 2023.
He is now back in Portland, where he was a seven-time All-Star and is the all-time leader in points and three-pointers made. Shortly after the news was announced, Lillard has posted his first reaction. He shared a video to X that panned across all the lockers in the Trail Blazers locker room. The last locker shown in the video was his alongside his No. 0 jersey, and the video then closed with the message, "together again."Though Lillard will be spending the majority, if not all, of the 2025–26 season recovering from the torn Achilles he suffered during the Bucks' first-round playoff loss to the Pacers, the 35-year-old is now set to close out his career in the same place it began.Eva Geitheim is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in December 2024, she wrote for Newsweek, Gymnastics Now and Dodgers Nation. A Bay Area native, she has a bachelor's in communications from UCLA. When not writing, she can be found baking or re-watching Gilmore Girls.
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