Is Damian Lillard playing this season? Trail Blazers legend came home in trade but deals with injury news
The storybook ending isn't quite perfect.
Is Damian Lillard playing this season? Trail Blazers legend came home in trade but deals with injury news originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
Damian Lillard is back in Portland. The Trail Blazers made sure of that in the offseason when they acquired the legendary point guard from the Milwaukee Bucks . After his detour to play with Giannis Antetokounmpo for a few seasons, the Blazers brought Lillard back to the place where most of his NBA story had been written.
Lillard, though, hasn't been playing. The Blazers are in the playoffs, but Lillard can only be a mentor right now. MORE: What Steve Kerr leaving would mean to Steph Curry, Warriors Is Damian Lillard playing this season?
No, Lillard isn't playing in the 2025-26 season at all. That's already been made official. He tore his Achilles playing in the 2025 playoffs for the Bucks.