The NBA has confirmed a notable addition to the 2026 All-Star festivities. Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, sidelined for the entire 2025-26 season with a torn Achilles tendon, will ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For a third time, famed Portland Trail Blazer Damian Lillard won the title in the 3-point contest on All-Star Saturday. Although he hasn’t played a game this season due to a ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Damian Lillard strutted onto the floor at Intuit Dome bathed in 17,000 blinking red lights, sporting a black Portland Trail Blazers “Letter O” uniform and tapping his left wrist.

Damian Lillard just pulled off a feat that has NBA fans scratching their heads: returning to the 2026 NBA 3-Point Contest without having played a single minute of regular-season basketball this year.

Damian Lillard was a shocking addition to the NBA's 3-point contest during All-Star weekend, given that the 35-year-old, nine-time All-Star hasn't played a single minute of NBA basketball this year.