The Portland Trail Blazers are thrilled to have Damian Lillard back in Portland, where he belongs. The Blazers traded Lillard to Milwaukee a couple of years ago.

Monday marked the return of Portland’s favorite son, as Lillard met with the media to discuss an earlier-than-anticipated homecoming. Last week, the nine-time All-Star announced he was returning to the Rose City two years after requesting a trade that took him 2,000 miles from the only NBA home he’d ever known.