Nine-time All-Star guard Damian Lillard is returning to his former NBA home. ESPN's Shams Charania reported Thursday that Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers agreed to a three-year, $42 million contract that features a player option for the 2027-28 campaign and a no-trade clause.

Within minutes of Damian Lillard's shocking release by the Milwaukee Bucks this summer, speculation about a landing spot began. The first names to come up were places he had expressed interest in previously — Portland and Miami — but not long after Golden State,

We all thought the same thing when Damian Lillard agreed to return to the Portland Trail Blazers: "Oh, what a nice story!" And, yes, it certainly is a nice story. Lillard took his shot at trying to contend for a championship elsewhere,