![]() ![]() Now in his seventh season, Lillard will finally get a chance to entertain basketball fans throughout the world on Christmas, just 33 miles away from Ogden where he spent four seasons at Weber State. “And it would be all my family from Rochester and the 585 and they would be in Oakland and the Knicks would be playing and it would be like the Knicks and Bulls or something, but the Knicks would always be playing." “I just remember when I was much younger, as a young kid, I had a lot of family in New York and around Christmas time they would come to Oakland,” Lillard recalled. Everyone will still be celebrating just as they did in his household during his younger years where he remembers family traveling from as far as Rochester, New York, to enjoy the holiday season together while watching the much-anticipated Christmas Day NBA games. Most of Lillard’s family still resides in his hometown of Oakland, California, so he’ll actually get a chance to catch up with everyone after the holiday as the Blazers are set to face the defending champion Golden State Warriors on Thursday. A6IBi9IrCr- Eric Woodyard December 25, 2018 “You’ve got to sacrifice to be in this position and to be able to do the things we do, so it’s kind of bittersweet that you get to play on Christmas, it’s on the road away from your family, but obviously I’ve spent many Christmases with them.”ĭamian Lillard is breaking out these Adidas Dame 5s today for Christmas. “You’re definitely giving something up, but there’s a lot of things we do as athletes throughout our lives to get to this position that we constantly sacrifice, and this is another thing,” Lillard said. However, the 28-year-old point guard sees it as part of the job that many other NBA stars before him have also had to experience on the road to greatness. “I’ve been telling the league like, ‘Man, let us get a Christmas game.’ I was hoping it would’ve been in Portland but obviously this is an exclusive thing, it’s an honor to be able to play on Christmas.”Īlthough Lillard and his teammates are more than ready to face the Jazz, especially after suffering a 30-point loss to them on their home court last week, he understands that it comes with a sacrifice. My whole career, I’ve been wanting to play on Christmas,” said Lillard, a product of Weber State University. ![]() The Portland Trail Blazers are playing in their first Christmas game since 2010 while the Jazz are hosting their first in 21 years. While the family moment was priceless, Lillard will also experience another milestone of his professional career with his first-ever Christmas game against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Arena tonight. b0CjTZyZSF- Eric Woodyard December 25, 2018 His son is in Utah with him for his first Christmas, as he prepares to play his first Christmas Day game against the Jazz. Former Weber State star Damian Lillard says his 8-month-old son, Dame Jr., received a toy that charts his growth, which was pretty cool. ![]()
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