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Damian Lillard's moment is coming -- it's just a matter of time

THE CLOCK HANGS on a silver hook, "Lillard Time" scrawled across in red cursive. A "D" is in place of where the 12 would be. It's always set to midnight. It's always Lillard Time.

It's an Adidas promotional item that found a home inside Damian Lillard's locker, along with a few other items of importance, such as hand-drawn pictures from fans and keepsakes from games.

There's some debate over whether "Lillard Time" or "Dame Time" is the preferred term, and where you fall depends mostly on when you started following. While Dame Time dates to when Lillard was staring for the Oakland Rebels in AAU ball, Lillard Time was officially stamped as a professional colloquialism on May 2, 2014.