CULTURE

Damian Lillard Is Portland’s Best Homecoming

Our editor was so happy, he wrote an ode to Dame’s return.

Damian Lillard BOP 2025 (Bruce Ely)

Oh, somewhere in this wretched land the president’s a boor;

The chatbots are all racists, and tech bros rob the poor,

And somewhere men are weeping for the love that they now lack;

But there is some joy in Portland—Damian Lillard has come back.

With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer


See the rest of Willamette Week’s Best of Portland 2025 here!

Aaron Mesh

Aaron Mesh is WW's editor. He’s a Florida man who enjoys waterfalls, Trail Blazers basketball and Brutalist architecture.

Willamette Week’s reporting has concrete impacts that change laws, force action from civic leaders, and drive compromised politicians from public office.

Help us dig deeper.