{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_3xzyiqtk2gyb4svf46wq","title":"Damian Lillard: “I’ll play this season with a lot of joy”","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/damian-lillard-ill-play-this-season-with-a-lot-of-joy-3xzyiqtk2g","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_3xzyiqtk2gyb4svf46wq","seq":638900,"kind":"article","title":"Damian Lillard: “I’ll play this season with a lot of joy”","url":"https://www.talkbasket.net/224065-damian-lillard-ill-play-this-season-with-a-lot-of-joy","summary":"Damian Lillard said he plans to approach his return to the Portland Trail Blazers with a greater sense of enjoyment after missing the entire 2025-26 season while recovering from a torn Achilles. Speaking during Portland’s media day on Monday, September 28, Lillard said simply being back on the court already represents a significant personal victory […] The post Damian Lillard: “I’ll play this season with a lot of joy” appeared first on TalkBasket.net .","published":"2026-09-29T09:08:37Z","seen":"2026-09-29T10:16:01Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-talkbasket-net-6f1ac3","name":"talkbasket.net","domain":"talkbasket.net"},"via":"kite-talkbasket-net-6f1ac3","topics":["nba","damian lillard"],"authors":["TalkBasket.net"],"entities":[{"id":"Q622308","name":"Damian Lillard","type":"person"}],"image":"https://www.talkbasket.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/lillard8-scaled-e1679473476988.webp","mentions":3,"story":"st_3xzyiqtk2gyb4svf46wq","category":"sport","category_p":0.8799999952316284,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.7799999713897705,"political":0.009999999776482582}]}