Where does Damian Lillard hail from? Exploring the childhood of Milwaukee Bucks star
Damian LillardImage via Damian Lillard's Instagram account
Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard, also known as Dame Time, has had an incredible run as an NBA player. His journey started back in California, where he attended high school. He played professional basketball at Weber State, finishing his journey as the number 2 scorer in the history of the college.
We are taking a deep dive into the ethnicity of the star athlete while also taking a look into the relationship that he shares with his family.
Exploring the ethnicity of Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard
Damian Lillard
was born on the 15th of July, 1990, to his parents, Houston Lillard and Gina Johnson. The happy couple shared three children who were raised with love in Oakland. He boasts the number 0 on his jersey. His relationship with the number 0 is something that he holds very close to his heart. It represents his homeland, Oakland in California, as well as Ogden in Utah, where he played for Weber State during college. It also represents his first NBA team
Portland Trail Blazers
, based out of Oregon.
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However, it was not an easy upbringing in the neighbourhood of Oakland, which was heavily influenced by drugs and violence. While speaking about the negative influences in an interview with CSNNW.com, Lillard said, 'Ah, there's too much. I can go on and on, man.' Speaking about the same, Lillard's mother Gina also opened up about the difficulties of raising her children in the streets of Oregon. In an interview with Court-side Moms, she shared, 'Living in Oakland was not so easy.
So, us putting them in basketball was basically saving their lives because it kept them off the streets and it kept them from being around the wrong crowd."
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Damian Lillard continues to share an extremely close bond with his mother. Back in 2012, when he was signed under the NBA with a massive $13.8 million deal, he stormed into his mother's office and asked her to quit her thankless job. In an interview with ESPN, he shared, "First thing I did, all right, I'm a millionaire now so I went to my mom's job and was like, 'Quit'".
He added, "I literally went and helped her pack up her desk, everything.
'They ain't been doing you right. They've been on your a*s about every little thing. We ain't coming back.' So that was kind of just my initial thought." Damian Lillard has not only proven himself to be a great son but also a great father to his son, Damian Jr.
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