All-time Trail Blazers great Damian Lillard has agreed to a three-year deal to return to Portland, ESPN's Shams Charania has reported. The deal, the details of which were announced by Charania Thursday afternoon, will be for $42 million over those three years, and includes a player option in the final year, as well as a no-trade clause (atypical of a contract so small, but by no means undeserved).
Lillard, who played 11 seasons for the Trail Blazers in his first stint, will likely miss the entirety of the 2025-26 season as he rehabs from a torn achilles tendon suffered in last season's playoffs, playing with the Milwaukee Bucks.