Lillard signed a three-year deal reportedly worth $42 million to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, the team announced Saturday. Lillard, 35, was the sixth pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Trail Blazers and spent 11 seasons with Portland before he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks just before the 2023-24 season.

Nine-time All-Star Damian Lillard returns to Rip City on a three-year, $42 million deal, making a homecoming to the team that drafted him and where he spent the first 11 years of his illustrious career.

Damian Lillard is going back to the place he never wanted to leave.