As if Damian Lillard hasn't done enough already in his nearly two years in the NBA, he's making history at the 2014 All-Star Weekend in a way that only adds to his growing star status.
The Portland Trail Blazers point guard made the All-Star Game in just his second season in the league, but wasn't done there.
Per USA Today's Sam Amick, he's competing in all five events—the Rising Stars Challenge, the Skills Challenge, the Three-Point contest, the Slam Dunk contest and the All-Star Game.
Lillard's rise to fame has happened noticeably quickly. Just before the 2012 NBA Draft, the product of Weber State wasn't known much in basketball circles other than as an uber-talented sleeper prospect in the draft out of a small school.
The risks were there in selecting him—Lillard had hardly played top competition in college—but his potential ended up shining through as the Trail Blazers nabbed him sixth overall.
What was a surprisingly high pick to some ended up being perhaps not high enough. One season later, Lillard was taking home Rookie of the Year honors after averaging 19 points and 6.5 assists per game, to immediately become one of the better point guards in the association.
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