Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard turned 30 on Wednesday. He spent the occasion inside the NBA “bubble” in Orlando, Florida preparing for the season restart in two weeks, quarantined along with the rest of the league because of COVID-19 concerns. Teammates and friends made sure the occasion was special despite the circumstances. Their celebration was trumpeted across Twitter as an example of touching camaraderie.
The most prominent example came via this video, in which teammates regaled him with song. Lillard asked for a single birthday wish, that they “not waste their [NSFW word] time out here”.