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Damian Lillard emotionally drained after 18 months of family tragedies: 'People have no idea'

Damian Lillard is emotionally drained after 18 months of loss his family has endured, including the shooting deaths of two people in his inner circle last week. The Portland Trial Blazers point guard opened up to The Athletic's Jason Quick about the impact of multiple family tragedies over the past 18 months and how he plays through it.

“It’s been a hard year and a half for my family, man,” Lillard said, via The Athletic. “People have no idea.”

Damian Lillard experiences 18 months of loss

Damian Lillard said it's been difficult to get in the right mindset for games.