{"id":17837,"date":"2025-07-18T02:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/17837\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T02:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:20:09","slug":"together-again-damian-lillard-makes-trail-blazers-return-instagram-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/17837\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Together again.\u2019 Damian Lillard makes Trail Blazers return Instagram official"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damian Lillard is coming<\/a> home to the Portland Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n

We know that because in the wake of reports that the beloved Blazers point guard was in talks to finalize a three-year, $42 million contract<\/a>, Lillard posted this to his Instagram:<\/p>\n

The video, which had 34,000 likes in the first 15 minutes, pans across lockers in the Blazers locker room \u2013 finally coming to rest on a locker labeled \u201c0 Damian Lillard.\u201d It ends with the words \u201ctogether again\u201d in the Blazers font.<\/p>\n

Lillard\u2019s new locker, it should be noted, is right next to Scoot Henderson\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Portland fans reacted to the news immediately on social media.<\/p>\n

An NBA source told<\/a> The Oregonian\/OregonLive\u2019s Blazers beat reporter Aaron Fentress that one of Lillard\u2019s main motivations for returning to Portland was to be close to his three children.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether again\u201d \u2013 in this case \u2013 may mean more than basketball.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Julie Evensen covers trending topics and popular culture. She can be reached at jevensen@oregonian.com<\/a> or @juliecevensen.bsky.social<\/a> on Bluesky and @julieevensen<\/a> on Threads.<\/p>\n

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