30 Mind-Blowing Facts Every Fan Should Know About Damian Lillard

Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard, an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), has twice been named an NBA All-Star. Here are some very interesting facts about the basketball player:

1. Lillard is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Portland Trail Blazers as their point guard.
2. He was born Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard on July 15, 1990, in Oakland, California, to Gina Johnsonand Houston Lillard Sr.
3. He is the second of three children to his parents. He has anolder brother Houston Lillard, who plays football for Red Hawks and a younger sister LaNae Lillard, a basketball player with Lakeridge Pacers.
4. He went to school at St. Joseph Notre Dame High School, Alameda, in California before switching to Oakland High School, where he was coached by Orlando Watkins.
5. He averaged 22.4 points with 5.2 assists to lead Oakland High School to 23-9 record in his senior season and also made it to the first team all-league.
6. He was not considered a major prospect with only two star rating by Rival and Scout. He accepted a scholarship offer to play for Weber State University, Ogden, Utah in 2007.
7. He grew up in Oakland, California, one of the most crime-ridden cities in the United States, creating a negative and sometime unbearable living condition for youth. His father Houston Lillard Sr. was positive influence and has been his best friend in those conditions.
8. He was once confronted by three black hoodies with a gun at Oakland, during his senior years with Oakland High School. He was waiting for the bus after his basketball practice session.
9. Lillard moved his mother, Gina and his sister from Oakland, California to his six bedroom house in Lake Oswego in 2015, as promised. He promised her as a 13 year-old to use his basketball skill and provide for her. She was a coordinator in an insurance company then despite experiencing health problems.
10. He was named 2009-10 Most Valuable Player of the Big Sky conference. He was Big Sky’s overall leading scorer who was named for the second year in a row to the First Team All-Big Sky Conference.
    
11. Lillard averaged 24.5 point per game in the 2011season and won his second Big Sky Player of the Year award apart from making it to the final list of‘2012 Bob Cousy Award.’
12. On June 28, 2012, Lillard was picked as sixth overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by Portland Trail Blazers.
13. He stood out during the 2012 NBA Summer League with average of 26.5 points with 4.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists. He named as joint ‘Most Valuable Player’ of the league.
14. On October 31, 2012, he became one of the three players in NBA history, to record 20 plus points in their NBA debut. He scored 23 points and 11 assists in a game against L.A Lakers.
15. In February 2013, He won the ‘Taco Bell Skill Challenge,’ during the NBA All-Star Weekend Skill Challenge. He was also ‘Rookie of the Month’ for the entire season.
16. He was named 2012-13, ‘Rookie of the Year’ by unanimous choice. He averaged 19.0 points, 6.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds. He also set rookie record for three pointers with 185 threes.
17. Lillard became the first player in NBA history to take part in five events during the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend and winning ‘Taco Bell Skill Challenge’ teaming with Trey Burke.
18. On May 02, 2014, Lillard’s three pointer at the stroke of buzzer clinched the deciding game against Houston, to make it to second round of play-off for the first time since 2000. He made it to ‘2014 All-NBA’ third team for the first time in his career.
19. On February 08, 2015, Lillard replaced Blake Griffin in the ‘2015 NBA All-Star Game.’ This is his second All-Star game appearance.
20. He is the first player in 14 years of NBA History to start in all 82 games for the same team in each of his first three seasons.
    
21. On July 09, 2015, Lillard signed contract extension with Portland Trail Blazer for five years, worth $ 120 million.
22. On December 21, 2015, Lillard missed his game against Atlanta Hawks due to planter fasciitis in his left foot. Thus ending his 275 consecutive games for Blazers.
23. He is one of the three players apart from Michael Jordan and LeBron James, to reach 8,000 points and 2,000 in their first five seasons.
24. He was named the winner of ‘2017 Magic Johnson Award’ by NBA for his excellence on the court and for his cooperation and dignity with the media public.
25. Lillard wears the jersey number ‘0’ denoting letter ‘O’ of his journey from Oakland, to Ogden to Oregon.
26. His Christian faith can be gauged with the scripture of Psalms 37:1-3, on his left arm.
27. In May 2015, he completed his degree in professional sales from Weber State University.
28. He is a hip-hop artist and a rapper, who encourages participants to submit a video or a verse on Instagram every Friday with the hashtag#4BarFriday.On October 21, 2016, he released his debut album ‘The Letter O.’
29. Adidas recently revealed NBA signature shoes without the boost material in the D Lillard line. The shows are of bounce material rather than boost and are also they are cost effective.
30. It is reported, Lillard has a girlfriend named Kay’La Hanson, a pre-med student at Webber State University, Utah.
    
31. Damian Lillard Net Worth: $10 Million