Damian Lillard returned to a hero’s welcome at Rip City Reunion, a Portland Trail Blazers community event Sunday, Sept. 21, in Pioneer Courthouse Square. In an onstage interview with Todd Bosma, director of game operations for the Blazers, Lillard revealed the emotional side of what it was like to switch to the Milwaukee Bucks for nearly two years. So, when I was forced to face that amount of love and the ovation and how it just kept going and going and going, that was tough to deal with. The other Blazers came onstage for about the last five minutes of the presentation to greet Lillard and throw T-shirts to the enthusiastic crowd. “He’s the heart and soul of the Trail Blazers,” Myrland said.