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Portland’s Damian Lillard ‘not in a rush’ to return after abdomen injury, surgery

At least for now, Damian Lillard isn’t in a hurry to get back out onto the court.

Lillard underwent surgery earlier this month to fix an abdomen injury that’s been bothering him since the Tokyo Olympics last summer, something that has sidelined him for at least six weeks.

Whenever he’s finally ready to return, he will — but not a moment before.

“I'm just a week from surgery. We said we'll reevaluate my situation weeks out, six to eight weeks, and we'll talk about it then.