Over the course of 11 fruitful years with the Trail Blazers, guard Damian Lillard gradually became an icon in the Beaver State—as wholly Oregonian as Crater Lake or Portlandia, in which he once appeared.
It appears to have taken Lillard one day to find a similar level of support in his new home.
About 72 hours after Portland traded him to the Bucks in a three-team deal, Lillard was feted by huge crowds in a welcome rally as he arrived in Milwaukee to join his new team.