Damian Lillard Rejoins the Portland Trailblazers on a $42M Deal

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00:00Of course, Damian Lillard was sent out the door by Milwaukee.

00:05They're going to be paying him a lot of money the next few years.

00:07He's not even going to play this upcoming season,

00:09but he's already got, Scotty, a new home.

00:13Damian Lillard returns to Portland.

00:16What?

00:17Three years, $42 million contract.

00:20Deal includes a player option for 27-28 and a no-trade clause.

00:25Lillard will now have a 2025-2026 salary of $70 million

00:32between his Portland and Milwaukee deals

00:34and a salary of $141 million over the next two years.

00:40Woo!

00:40He's not even going to play, and he's going to get $70 million.

00:44Do you think he'll take pictures with fans at boxing events now

00:48that he's got all that money and he doesn't play?

00:51No.

00:52No.

00:53No.

00:53He's not going to do that.

00:54No Dame time.

00:55Dame time.

00:56Back in Portland.

00:58Loved it so much, had to go back.

01:01Should have never left, I guess.

01:01Should have never left Portland.

01:02I'll say as much.

01:03He was never that guy in Milwaukee that he was in Portland.

01:10In Portland, he was 35 at night, and in Milwaukee, he basically didn't matter.

01:18Didn't matter.

01:19Right?

01:19Did nothing.

01:20Two seasons, nothing.

01:21Nothing for Dame time.

01:22Or is it Gillies?

01:24Should have never left Portland.

01:25Yeah.

01:27Should have never left Portland.

01:27Should have never left.

01:27How about this guy going back to that Alcatraz?

01:31Like, are you kidding me?

01:33Like, that's where you're going to go?

01:36Weren't they?

01:38Everyone was recruiting him, right?

01:40Everybody wanted Dame time.

01:41Boston.

01:42Tatum was recruiting.

01:43Remember that?

01:43They ran that story all week, and he was going to go to the Celtics.

01:47You know, there's another team I don't want to play for with those two ball hogs.

01:52I mean, honestly, Tatum and Brown, no one touches the ball but them, except Pritchard when he comes in and plays.

01:59He's the only other guy that touches the ball.

02:02So, I think Dame time didn't like, this is my guess, that Giannis is 90% of their offense, which is the way it is, and he couldn't be who he is.

02:13Who he is is, he's a ball hog himself that shoots 35 times a night in Portland.

02:20And now he can go back where it all started and be that guy again, because he didn't have any of that luxury in Milwaukee.

02:29Yeah, I mean, but realistically, like, can he even do that anymore?

02:34Like, let's be fair.

02:35Like, he's 35 years old.

02:37He's going to be coming off a major injury.

02:40Like, they've got a lot of young players on that team that they've now been acquiring over the last couple years.

02:48Like, I think his days have been in him.

02:52Well, he's king.

02:53He's king over there.

02:54There's no question.

02:55He's king in Portland.

02:57So, as long as he's there, that's true.

02:59He's going to play with the big tariff.

03:02The big tariff.

03:04We love this guy.

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