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Damian Lillard doesn’t have time for doubters. The Portland Trail Blazers star endured a difficult season last year playing through a painful abdominal injury while watching as his squad fell short of the playoffs. Well, Lillard spoke to the media on Tuesday and delivered this fiery message to his doubters, per Sean Highkin on Twitter. […]

The Portland Trail Blazers made a nice splash this offseason, signing a number of different players, including defensive cog Gary Payton II, who just won an NBA title with the Golden State Warriors. Unfortunately, he’s also been dealing with a lingering core injury after a procedure in the summer and is still not really to […]

Damian Lillard has been the poster child for franchise loyalty in an era all about player empowerment. But the Portland Trail Blazers point guard did take a meeting with LeBron James last offseason that challenged his resolve even just a bit. In a recent piece by The Ringer’s Logan Murdock, the Blazers guard detailed his […]

Damian Lillard proved his commitment to the Portland Trail Blazers with a two-year max extension this past offseason. However, the Rip City faithful may have head coach Chauncey Billups to thank for convincing Dame to stay. The veteran guard had options for his future. He had a chance to join the Los Angeles Lakers before […]

Draymond Green has somewhat emerged as Public Enemy No. 1 right now following his physical altercation with Golden State Warriors teammate Jordan Poole. Most folks might say that he brought it upon himself after what they consider to be an unwarranted sucker punch on one of his younger teammates. For his part, however, Portland Trail […]

Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers took on the Los Angeles Clippers in the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle for their preseason opener. And as expected, the raucous Seattle crowd made itself felt very quickly. Chants of “SuperSonics” reverberated throughout the arena, as fans clearly miss the franchise that was surprisingly relocated to Oklahoma […]

SEATTLE, WA – When the LA Clippers landed Norman Powell and Robert Covington at the 2022 NBA trade deadline, many were caught off guard. The Portland Trail Blazers parted with a handful of weapons for Damian Lillard, and with Powell as well as Covington headed to Los Angeles, the Clippers were able to bolster their […]

Damian Lillard has done so much for the Portland Trail Blazers franchise in the 10 years that he’s been with the team. At this point, it’s only right that the six-time All-Star also be asked for his own creative input with regard to the direction the team will take from a branding standpoint. The Blazers […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard has been one of the best scorers in the NBA for a long time now. So much so that he is likely to surpass Naismith Hall of Fame player Clyde Drexler for the most points in franchise history this season. Entering the 2022-2023 season, Lillard is just 531 points […]

Damian Lillard is a fan of WWE. He once partnered with Ric Flair for a colorway of his Adidas Dame 7s, released a run of Dame 6s with a “Dame 3:16” motif to pay tribute to the Texas Rattlesnake, and was even a downloadable character in WWE 2K Battlegrounds. So naturally, with more and more […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard committed his future to the franchise this past summer, signing a two-year, $122 million extension that will keep him in RIP City through the 2026-27 season. He’s come a long way from being selected in the 2012 NBA Draft out of Weber State, a school not known for its […]

The Portland Trail Blazers missed the playoffs last season after their star point guard, Damian Lillard, suffered an abdominal injury, requiring surgery that caused him to miss significant time. The 2013 unanimous Rookie of the Year, Lillard is now 32 years old, and as much as Blazers fans would hate to admit it, time is […]

Shot-blocking, timely perimeter shots, and a good locker room presence: these are what come to mind when the name Serge Ibaka is brought up. An NBA champion with the Toronto Raptors back in 2019, Ibaka added yet another milestone to his name: surpassing Damian Lillard on the music charts. So move over Dame D.O.L.L.A, there’s […]

Damian Lillard is not a superstar. He’s also not on the same level as Kyrie Irving. These were the statements Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks made in a recent interview with Jayson Tatum, and her scorching hot take has garnered quite a bit of reaction. The mean streets of Twitter went all in on Rooks for […]

Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum recently went on a tell-all interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks. The All-Star forward dropped a handful of truth bombs that have already made all sorts of headlines: from his undisclosed injury in the playoffs to his “miserable” state after losing to Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors in […]

The clamor for the Portland Trail Blazers ownership group to sell the team has been slowly increasing in volume of late. The latest move to curtail the fan experience might push it even further that direction. The Blazers are reportedly planning to keep their broadcast team in Portland for away games. Instead of calling the […]

The Portland Trail Blazers entered the 2022 offseason under a ton of pressure to deliver on Damian Lillard’s wishes for a competitive squad. Now that the 2022 NBA draft and much of the offseason are pretty much done, the Blazers didn’t do too badly. To be honest, the Blazers made every effort to regain their […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard wants young hoopers today to know that there’s more to playing basketball. That is why he is doing his camp different to ensure that kids are well prepared mentally. Speaking during his Formula Zero camp, Lillard shared the common issue among young players today on how they lack humility. […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard wants kids to learn more than just basketball in his camp. Besides skills, he aspires them to have the characteristics needed to navigate their professional careers and even adulthood in general. On Friday while speaking on his Formula Zero camp–which hosts some collegiate and high school basketball players–Lillard criticized […]

Unlike a lot of players in the NBA, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard has made his name in the shoe game with Adidas rather than Nike. Dame has his own signature sneaker and on Thursday, he offered a sneak peek into his latest release on IG:   View this post on Instagram   A […]

Damian Lillard’s desire to win a ring in Portland rather than team up with other superstars has drawn varying takes from fans and players alike. The latest to weigh in on Dame’s grind with the Trail Blazers is former NBA star JR Smith. Speaking during an appearance on Gilbert Arenas’ podcast, Smith admitted that he […]

Damian Lillard has expressed his intentions to stay in Portland with the Trail Blazers. His loyalty is admirable, but his health has been a question mark over the past few years. But Lillard recently dropped a truth bomb on his health heading into the 2022-2023 NBA season, via the Rose Garden Report. “I feel 100 […]

Damian Lillard has been an iron man for the Portland Trail Blazers for most of his career. He has suffered a few injuries here and there, but he never missed significant time for the most part. That all changed in 2021, however, when Lillard suffered an abdominal injury. Dame would miss a huge chunk of […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are the 2022 Summer League champions, but superstar guard Damian Lillard wasn’t aware of it until Trendon Watford showed him his MVP trophy. Lillard is away vacationing with his family, and so he only learned about the championship during an IG Live with Anfernee Simons. Watford hopped in on the stream […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard wants to be an all-time great. This is exactly why the six-time All-Star is channeling the greatest of all time, Muhammad Ali, in a recent offseason workout clip that has now gone viral. Here’s a look at Lillard putting on his boxing gloves to get a bit of mitt […]

Is this the best team the Portland Trail Blazers ever assembled around Damian Lillard? That might be a bold statement given Lillard played with LaMarcus Aldridge and reached the Western Conference Finals with CJ McCollum, but the Blazers are aggressively retooling around Lillard and hoping to become a legitimate contender. The team acquired Jerami Grant […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard has chimed in on the hotly contested GOAT debate. In his mind, Dame has no doubt as to who the greatest of all time is. For Lillard, it has to be none other than Michael Jordan. The Blazers stud explained his reason behind picking Jordan as his own personal […]

Damian Lillard is the epitome of loyalty in the NBA. The six-time All-Star has spent his entire career with the Portland Trail Blazers, and just recently he signed another big-money extension that will keep him in Portland through 2027. At this point, it’s hard to imagine Lillard leaving the Blazers at any point in his […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard officially signed his two-year $120 million contract extension on Saturday. He then held a press conference to address his new contract. During the press conference, Lillard was asked if he ever considered leaving Portland during his ten seasons with the team. “I think last summer there was a time, […]

Damian Lillard is locked in for the Portland Trail Blazers. Amid all the rumors surrounding the star last season, Dame has committed to his team for the long run. Today, he has signed a massive two-year extension that will keep him in Oregon for five years. During the press conference for his contract signing, Damian […]

For the past year, Jerami Grant has been in the middle of a bunch of trade rumors. It seemed inevitable for him to get moved by the Detroit Pistons because their franchise is in a rebuilding phase, while Grant is looking for an opportunity to be competitive in the NBA Playoffs. Being moved to the […]

Damian Lillard may have signed a two-year, $122 million extension with the Portland Trail Blazers, but it doesn’t mean he’ll change the way he lives or spends. That much is clear as the veteran guard joked about still being broke despite the money he got. On his Instagram stories, Lillard has shared the reactions of […]

Damian Lillard just signed a two-year, $122 million extension with the Portland Trail Blazers, and sure enough, his teammates and the NBA world couldn’t be any happier for him. On Twitter, the likes of Jusuf Nurkic, Josh Hart and Bobby Portis expressed their excitement for Lillard over his commitment and new deal with the Blazers. […]

Damian Lillard is putting his money where his mouth is — again. The six-time All-Star has been vocal about his loyalty to the Portland Trail Blazers, and he’s now proven how committed he is to the cause. According to reports, Dame has now signed another extension with his team. This report comes via ESPN’s Bobby […]

Take it from Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard. The New York Post, believe it or not, maybe isn’t the most accurate publication in news media. Just 24 hours after the NY Post reported that Blazers owner Jody Allen had recently ignored his calls and emails, Portland’s franchise player forcefully denied that account, insisting he […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are in flux when it comes to their basketball product on the floor heading into next season. But it’s an understatement compared to what’s going on off the court. Damian Lillard has reportedly been ghosted by team owner Jody Allen. The issues have been much deeper than just the Blazers front […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have long been linked with Jerami Grant even before they pulled the trigger on him with a trade before the NBA Draft. With that said, it didn’t surprise Grant at all that he’s now in Rip City and teammates with Damian Lillard. Grant admitted as much in his introductory press conference […]

Damian Lillard is fully re-committed to the Portland Trail Blazers despite weeks of public waffling last summer. After his team’s early roster overhaul at the draft and start of free agency, Lillard is reportedly on verge of signing a two-year, $107 million extension to keep him with the Blazers deep into his thirties. Lillard, it […]

The Portland Trail Blazers Summer League team is in action as of Thursday, with their first pick Shaedon Sharpe and 57th overall selection Jabari Parker both on the roster. The organization has done a fantastic job of adding pieces around Damian Lillard early on in free agency too, signing Gary Payton II, retaining Anfernee Simons […]