{"id":15051,"count":12,"description":"[caption id=\"attachment_1473161\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1473161\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/damian-lillard-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Damian Lillard\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> Damian Lillard | Jonathan Ferrey\/Getty Images[\/caption]\r\n\r\nDamian Lillard is an American professional basketball player who plays for the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/portland-trail-blazers\/\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>. He played college basketball at Weber State, where he earned third-team All-American honors.\r\n\r\nIn 2012, Lillard was selected by Portland as the sixth overall pick in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/nba-draft\/\">NBA draft<\/a>. He was\u00a0 unanimously named <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/nba\/\">NBA<\/a> Rookie of the Year.\r\n\r\nDamian Lillard has received six NBA All-Star selections. In 2021, he was acknowledged as one of the league's greatest players when he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Full name:<\/strong> Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard Sr.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Birthday:<\/strong> July 15, 1990<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong> Hometown:<\/strong> Oakland, Calif.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Spouse:<\/strong> Kay\u2019la Hanson (Sept. 5, 2021)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Children:<\/strong> Damian Jr., twins Kalii Laheem and Kali Emma Lee<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Height:<\/strong> 6\u20192\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Nickname:<\/strong> Dame, Dame Time, Big Game Dame<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>High school: <\/strong>Arroyo (San Lorenzo, Calif.), St. Joseph Notre Dame (Alameda, Calif.), Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Number of NBA Championships:<\/strong> 0<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Position:<\/strong> Point guard<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Jersey number:<\/strong> 0<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Net worth: <\/strong>$70 million<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Featured articles:<\/strong>\r\n<p class=\"entry-title ng-binding ng-scope\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/damian-lillard-surgery-accelerates-timeline-for-portland-trail-blazers-rebuild\/\">Damian Lillard\u2019s Surgery Only Accelerates the Timeline for the Portland Trail Blazers\u2019 Imminent Rebuild<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"entry-title ng-binding ng-scope\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/damian-lillard-eviscerates-insider-keeps-trying-to-suggest-he-will-demand-trade\/\">Damian Lillard Eviscerates \u2018Insider\u2019 Who Keeps Trying to Suggest He Will Demand a Trade<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"entry-title ng-binding ng-scope\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/damian-lillard-escaped-death-from-gunpoint-to-become-an-nba-superstar\/\">Damian Lillard Escaped Death From Gunpoint to Become an NBA Superstar<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Read the latest articles on Damian Lillard:<\/strong><\/em>","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/damian-lillard\/","name":"Damian Lillard","slug":"damian-lillard","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Damian Lillard Archives - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Damian Lillard is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Portland Trail Blazers; 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