Damian Lillard

Damian Lillard is a basketball player from America. His full name is Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard Sr. He plays for the ‘Portland Trail Blazers’.

About

He was born on 15th July, 1990. His birthplace was in Oakland, California. His father’s name is Houston Lillard and mother is Gina Lillard. His sister is LaNae. He also has a brother named Houston. From his childhood he was really fond of basketball and skating. He went to a private school ‘St. Joseph Notre Dame High School’ in California at the time of sophomore year.

After that, he went to ‘Oakland High School’. His coach was then Orlando Watkins who helped to improve his performance. His average point per game was 19.4 at that time. He also offered a scholarship from ‘Weber State University’ to play for them.

Basketball career

He is a popular NBA (National Basketball Association) player. His professional career started with the ‘Portland Trail Blazers’. His first NBA game was against ‘‘Los Angeles Lakers’. In that match, he scored 20 points. He got ‘NBA Rookie of the Year Award’ for his performance in that season. He scored 41 points during his second season against the ‘Sacramento Kings’.

He got the title ‘All NBA Third Team’. During his third season, he scored 43 points. The match was against ‘San Antonio Spurs’. ‘TrailBlazer’ signed him a contract of $ 120-million for 5 years in 2015. He scored 600 three pointers by playing 247 games which is the fastest in the history. He also has 15,000 assists in 248 games. In 2017, he titled, ‘Western Conference Player of the Month’.