Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard has been on the cover of SLAM Magazine before. The first time was back in February 2014, with the cover featuring a baby-faced Lillard in the 2014 Western Conference All-Star uniform -- Lillard would ultimately competed in all five events at the 2014 All-Star Weekend in New Orleans. A year later, Lillard was back on the cover of the February 2015 edition of SLAM despite being left off the All-Star team that season.
A year and a half later, Lillard, wearing a Bill Walton "Hardwood Classics" jersey graces the cover of the January 2017 edition of SLAM.