Damian Lillard was driving home on Saturday after signing his new three-year, $42 million contract when he told his kids he was returning to the Portland Trail Blazers.
He had wanted to wait until it was official to tell his son Damian Jr., 7, and twin girls Kalii and Kali, 4. So with the ink freshly dried and all three of them in the car, Lillard turned around at a stoplight by Bridgeport Village to break the news.
One of the girls had several questions for her dad about the development, Lillard recounted.
First: “Wait, so we don’t have to get on the airplane to Milwaukee no more?