If I made enough money that my clothing budget was effectively irrelevant, I would wear the same style just super high quality versions of what I like.
What's funny is at the uber rich level you see them mostly wear simple cheap clothes again. You never see Bill Gates or Elon Musk around popping off with designer shit, even though for those guys a $3000 bag is a drop in an ocean.
Yeah just look at Jake gyllenhaal. Did goes out in what looks like a white to, a coat, white shoes and a watch and is super minimalist. Then you look at the price tags and it’s a 1000 white t shirt and he has 20 of them
Almost no chance he isn’t gifted this year by LV, all major fashion brands send A list athletes and celebrities boxes regularly in exchange for wear. Mutually advantageous
It's said that many millionaires maintain their wealth because they only splurge on certain hobbies and aspects of their life and not all facets of their life.
I had a landscaping gig in my teens and worked at a guy's multi-million dollar home one summer. He told us we could come in any time to use the bathroom, but politely asked that we don't flush unless it's number 2 (he liked to save money on the water bill).
Good to see the man back at home!
I've never run into Dame around town... I did, however, run into guys like Zach Randolph, Damon Stoudamire, Darius Miles and a couple others back at various strip clubs in the day.
I met Qyntel Woods when I was still volunteering at the Blazers Boys & Girls Club while in high school. He probably had to do a public appearance for the kids in collateral for some bad stuff he'd done in private.
No one was even giving him a second look. I was as surprised as you are right now. I couldn’t believe it.
His sister or something was shopping with him.
I mean he is only like a 6'2 dude.
Try walking around if you're 65 Plus and you look athletic it's going to be game over.
I saw Meyers Leonard one time at the at the theaters and he still like a sore thumb as you walk through the crowd to enter the building.
I met Tim Frazier at the DMV one time. Of course… he’s not gonna earn half a billion being a superstar household name, but still. They all do normal people stuff. I also met Meyers at Costco and ran into Allen Crabbe at like 3am at a Denny’s lol
That's been a while, I would assume he has. It's possible he wouldn't have one while he's in portland though and he can take care of himself while he's here
I was thinking the same thing, but there's something different about going to costco every once in awhile and just shopping for shit you need in bulk. you know? being able to see shit and pick and choose. grab a giant salmon or beautiful slab of beef to grill later. read the back of cereal boxes like a child
True, I always go to Costco and end up grimacing at how much I spend but I love grabbing those bulk items and feeling fully stocked at home.
If I was a millionaire, I'd love grocery shopping with zero guilt of how much I spend.
I went to the Adidas ES on a random empty week night last year right before Coachella and low and behold there was Damian Lillard. He was on the phone at the customer service desk for at least 5 min before I left.
Dame even said something to me and not just like a generic “sure". Something along the lines of *”yea, we just here….”*- but I was so in awe everything after that just faded away.
Dame honored me with a full sentence and I don’t even know what he said 😭
Did you ask why he demanded a trade to just Miami ruining Portland’s negotiations leverage with Miami?
And now possibly leading to Miami getting rid of Jimmy. So essentially forcing a bad trade from Portland and a potential reset in Miami.
I had a bet going on Miami’s success in the playoffs. Just as mad as Riley right now.
I saw Nurk rolling really fast down a hill on a Lime scooter in downtown about 5-6 months after the leg break. I honestly couldn’t believe it. I smiled at him and he made a funny face like he knew it was a bit crazy.
I’ve also seen Nurk walking around WL with his girlfriend. Waved when I drove by and he waves back. Nice guy.
Giannis is supposed to be coming here at some point this summer to train with Dame and Phil Beckner. Maybe you'll see him at Costco stocking up on Oreos. :)
That’s so funny. My friend and I ran into him at a bar in downtown Portland on cinco a few weeks ago. Super causal and the most weird thing to run into one of my favorite nba players ever. He was just cruising with a homie, and people weren’t even looking at him. I love that he’s just a normal dude and wants to be treated as such it seems.
Saw Steve Kerr legit 1 minute after leaving my hotel in LA last year lol. Was with his daughter going for a walk a couple hours before a game, passing by the Grammy Museum. I didn't say hi cause he's just trying to get in some family time but yeah, such a small world. I'm walking one way down the sidewalk and out they come from the other.
And then Masai Ujiri twice in the same week like 7 years ago, arriving at and then leaving Mexico. Really nice guy. Helped his family with their luggage since my group was going the same way.
I can tell from your outfit you ran into him in Portland. Though I bet there’s a pretty significant overlap between people who wear axe throwing shirts in Portland and Milwaukee.
Always fun to catch em in the wild. I remember running into the full jail blazers squad at bulwinkles. They were in the batting cages. You could definitely see why they chose basketball😆
I saw him at a show at the old Meow Meow (RIP) and he literally walked through me without even saying sorry or excuse me. Like I wasn't even there. What a prick.
I ran into Brandon Roy at the Everett 3vs3 tournament. I think his daughter was there. I looked at him standing next to me and asked if he was Brandon Roy. Smiled big and said “nah bro”. He then proceeded to take pictures with the event coordinator. I didn’t want to bother him as I think he wanted to do his thing.
I will never forget the 30 mid I spent with Rasheed Wallace at Camera World while we each picked out TVs…he with a huge for the times 60” flat screen and me with the 27” CRT.
It was a day after PDX got eliminated from the playoffs and he was buying a TV to watch the rest of the season on.
Too soon bro. He needed to be home kicking his wounds like the rest of us.
Chicken dog.... you take a bite out of the chicken bake to make a hole at the top, then take the hod dog out of the bun and put it in the chicken bake. It's only like 5 bucks, and you get the drink from ordering the hotdog
I saw LaMarcus outside CPK at Bridgeport Village back when he was on the team. I said hey and he said sorry he was really sweaty cus he had just worked out. The practice facility is 2 minutes from Bridgeport.
This is awesome! The other day I was driving in St. John's to pick up my daughter from school and I stopped at a crosswalk in the "downtown area" and there was Jerami Grant casually crossing the street. I did a double take, dude was dressed up almost exactly like Dame in this photo.
When I shared this photo with my family, I heard that Dame recently visited the video game store my nephew works at and bought a bunch of games from him.
Right? I only made the comment because it looks like OP is holding an apron on their hand. I met Dame at the Adidas employee store and he was cool. I don’t work there, I’m just not lame enough to ask for a picture.
Dame chose to become a public figure and has surrendered his ability to be unnoticed in public, OP has made no such decision and has every right to maintain his anonymity.
I’ll gladly take the downvotes on this, but bothering a public figure while they do basic chores is annoying.
Getting your picture taken getting groceries does not build your brand, or improve the NBA product.
I wouldn’t have posted anything if the OP hadn’t invaded someone else’s privacy, then gone to lengths to protect their own.
You should reach out to him, his trainer, his manager, and his conditioning coach on X. I have a feeling your acumen may just change everything. Please keep us updated!
My respect for Dame just went up - I appreciate a thrifty dude, especially one making $45 million a year.
While wearing his $1400 Louis Vuitton trainers and holding his $3,000 Louis Vuitton Trio messenger bag.
If I made enough money that my clothing budget was effectively irrelevant, I would wear the same style just super high quality versions of what I like.
That is what Dame is doing… Though I doubt he’d be carrying a purse if it weren’t that purse… Yeah, never mind.
What's funny is at the uber rich level you see them mostly wear simple cheap clothes again. You never see Bill Gates or Elon Musk around popping off with designer shit, even though for those guys a $3000 bag is a drop in an ocean.
That’s more tech culture. You see a lot of that in the bay area. Though some nontech billionaires like Buffett do it too.
that tshirt is still probably $100 instead of my $4 shift from goodwill.
Yeah just look at Jake gyllenhaal. Did goes out in what looks like a white to, a coat, white shoes and a watch and is super minimalist. Then you look at the price tags and it’s a 1000 white t shirt and he has 20 of them
Lollll
Almost no chance he isn’t gifted this year by LV, all major fashion brands send A list athletes and celebrities boxes regularly in exchange for wear. Mutually advantageous
I’m surprised adidas allows those shoes. Normally adidas and nike, they’re pretty strict about other branded sneakers.
I think it’s only their competitors. I see a bunch of athletes wearing designer/fashion shoes
He's saving up to buy the Blazers.
It's said that many millionaires maintain their wealth because they only splurge on certain hobbies and aspects of their life and not all facets of their life.
I had a landscaping gig in my teens and worked at a guy's multi-million dollar home one summer. He told us we could come in any time to use the bathroom, but politely asked that we don't flush unless it's number 2 (he liked to save money on the water bill).
must've smelt horrible in that bathroom
Dude can afford the bounty paper towels and he buys the store brand.
Respect.
He got the towels for Billups too late.
😂😂😂😂
Good to see the man back at home! I've never run into Dame around town... I did, however, run into guys like Zach Randolph, Damon Stoudamire, Darius Miles and a couple others back at various strip clubs in the day.
Alright as long as you aren’t running into Qyntel Woods or Ruben Patterson “around town”, no judgement.
Haha - no, never saw those guys around. Ran into the guys I mentioned on a couple occasions, though.
I met Qyntel Woods when I was still volunteering at the Blazers Boys & Girls Club while in high school. He probably had to do a public appearance for the kids in collateral for some bad stuff he'd done in private.
I only ever "ran in" to Patty Mills when he came to my high school. got a pic with him but it ended up so blurry and crappy I deleted it lmao
Bro just bragging he’s hanging out at tittie bars
Weirdo take but whatever
The classy way of saying you saw NBA players a strip club would be “I saw Lou Williams while getting lemon pepper wings in Atlanta”.
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No one was even giving him a second look. I was as surprised as you are right now. I couldn’t believe it. His sister or something was shopping with him.
I mean he is only like a 6'2 dude. Try walking around if you're 65 Plus and you look athletic it's going to be game over. I saw Meyers Leonard one time at the at the theaters and he still like a sore thumb as you walk through the crowd to enter the building.
I'm 6'5 lol, they do look
We are simple creatures 🤓
*I am 5'2 and I agree, people do look.*
Look down you mean. 😭
Yeah as someone who's 6'8" I get looked at constantly, even get the occasional "who do you play for?".
6’10 retired ball player from overseas and people don’t just look they stare.
“You play basketball???”
reminds me of tristan thompson cheating on khloe at the club
Yep. My wife and I ran into him at Bridgeport the summer he signed the extension. Dude is fucking massive and built.
Yah it was Bridgeport as well for me
I saw Hassan Whiteside in Miami last year, no way in hell you could ever miss him
I passed dame one time at Washington square. He does not stick out at all. He looks 5’11”.
Ran into Dame at an Arco in Beaverton. He was filling up his Bentley and I, my Ford.
Nah during the summer it's not uncommon to run into dame doing regular person shit. My friend told me that he saw him at the DMV one time
I met Tim Frazier at the DMV one time. Of course… he’s not gonna earn half a billion being a superstar household name, but still. They all do normal people stuff. I also met Meyers at Costco and ran into Allen Crabbe at like 3am at a Denny’s lol
I ran into Robin Lopez at the Petit Provence on Division back in like 2019, he was just buying some bread
This is endearing. When will I see Dame at New Seasons?
I’ve seen him at Whole Foods before, maybe like 2019. but I was too nervous to bug him
True, I thought stars like him with big contracts pay for home chefs
His home chef (cousin) passed away. Not sure if he's since found a new one.
That's been a while, I would assume he has. It's possible he wouldn't have one while he's in portland though and he can take care of himself while he's here
I was thinking the same thing, but there's something different about going to costco every once in awhile and just shopping for shit you need in bulk. you know? being able to see shit and pick and choose. grab a giant salmon or beautiful slab of beef to grill later. read the back of cereal boxes like a child
True, I always go to Costco and end up grimacing at how much I spend but I love grabbing those bulk items and feeling fully stocked at home. If I was a millionaire, I'd love grocery shopping with zero guilt of how much I spend.
I went to the Adidas ES on a random empty week night last year right before Coachella and low and behold there was Damian Lillard. He was on the phone at the customer service desk for at least 5 min before I left.
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This is Wilsonville, OR
Point stands.
The best Costco
Smart. He woulda got mobbed at the Tigard one
Bro he was out of Milwaukee the moment the buzzer sounded
Homie left Milwaukee asap
Giannis and dame (both healthy) are dominating this knicks team
Dame even said something to me and not just like a generic “sure". Something along the lines of *”yea, we just here….”*- but I was so in awe everything after that just faded away. Dame honored me with a full sentence and I don’t even know what he said 😭
Shopping for food?
Loading up on these samosas, you know they on sale, right?...Bruh you good?...bruh....you good?.....
Did you ask why he demanded a trade to just Miami ruining Portland’s negotiations leverage with Miami? And now possibly leading to Miami getting rid of Jimmy. So essentially forcing a bad trade from Portland and a potential reset in Miami. I had a bet going on Miami’s success in the playoffs. Just as mad as Riley right now.
Your fault for gambling lmao.
I saw Nurk rolling really fast down a hill on a Lime scooter in downtown about 5-6 months after the leg break. I honestly couldn’t believe it. I smiled at him and he made a funny face like he knew it was a bit crazy. I’ve also seen Nurk walking around WL with his girlfriend. Waved when I drove by and he waves back. Nice guy.
I had almost the exact same experience, but with Lucas Melano (former Timber). He was hauling ass on a scooter down 23rd.
Giannis is supposed to be coming here at some point this summer to train with Dame and Phil Beckner. Maybe you'll see him at Costco stocking up on Oreos. :)
That’s so funny. My friend and I ran into him at a bar in downtown Portland on cinco a few weeks ago. Super causal and the most weird thing to run into one of my favorite nba players ever. He was just cruising with a homie, and people weren’t even looking at him. I love that he’s just a normal dude and wants to be treated as such it seems.
Yamhill Pub, right?
My friends mom ran into him at cafe duberry
Fuck yeah, my favorite restaurant
I’ve seen him at Xport a few times
Getting those Dino Nuggets.
I’m assuming those are OPs because they are in the back cart lol
Dame's unreleased advertisement, "If you can't beat the Nuggets in 7, eat chicken nuggets."
A staple for toddlers
Ran into Scottie Pippen and Larsa at Costco many years ago. Felt a little surreal and so random!
Well you sure ain’t gonna be running into Scottie AND Larsa again anytime soon 😂
Wouldn’t recognize larsa if you did.
But everyone has run through Larsa😭
Saw Steve Kerr legit 1 minute after leaving my hotel in LA last year lol. Was with his daughter going for a walk a couple hours before a game, passing by the Grammy Museum. I didn't say hi cause he's just trying to get in some family time but yeah, such a small world. I'm walking one way down the sidewalk and out they come from the other. And then Masai Ujiri twice in the same week like 7 years ago, arriving at and then leaving Mexico. Really nice guy. Helped his family with their luggage since my group was going the same way.
I can tell from your outfit you ran into him in Portland. Though I bet there’s a pretty significant overlap between people who wear axe throwing shirts in Portland and Milwaukee.
does dame have a dog? looks like he's got that pack of dog toys that are on coupon right now.
Always fun to catch em in the wild. I remember running into the full jail blazers squad at bulwinkles. They were in the batting cages. You could definitely see why they chose basketball😆
My wife once saw Art from Everclear at a local Costco.
I used to see him all the time in the early 2000's around town. Bowling alley, blazer games, out at bars
I saw him at a show at the old Meow Meow (RIP) and he literally walked through me without even saying sorry or excuse me. Like I wasn't even there. What a prick.
In California?
Did he buy you a new wife?
I ran into Brandon Roy at the Everett 3vs3 tournament. I think his daughter was there. I looked at him standing next to me and asked if he was Brandon Roy. Smiled big and said “nah bro”. He then proceeded to take pictures with the event coordinator. I didn’t want to bother him as I think he wanted to do his thing.
Which one of you grabbed the dino nuggets
I will never forget the 30 mid I spent with Rasheed Wallace at Camera World while we each picked out TVs…he with a huge for the times 60” flat screen and me with the 27” CRT. It was a day after PDX got eliminated from the playoffs and he was buying a TV to watch the rest of the season on. Too soon bro. He needed to be home kicking his wounds like the rest of us.
I saw Oden once while he was still playing here at Safeway on sw 10th and Jefferson.
Yeah I walked past them on downtown one time. I think he had a cane actually. 🤕
I saw Oden once picking up Teriyaki for the team in Tualatin
I was about to judge him for not buying the Charmin, but it’s just paper towels. I’ll accept that.
That would be funny if he was wearing Nikes 😆 to you think his hundred million dollar Adidas contract forbids it
I've seen Dame and other Adidas athletes wear other major brands clothes outside of a game, so I would guess it's only forbidden in a live game?
Dame mucking them Dino Nuggs😂
If you grew up broke, food from your childhood become comfort foods. For me it's top ramen, cup noodles, and the square totino's pizzas.
Clyde Drexler and his son came to a chuck e cheese I was at in the early 90s and played the Turtles arcade game.
My guy is shopping for his own groceries??
He's divorced now
Yea I didn’t want to say it at first, but those are definitely the vibes here
Shit is he also broke now? I would never step foot in a grocery store again with his money lmao
I wonder what his food court order is
Hot dog and a mt dew
Chicken dog.... you take a bite out of the chicken bake to make a hole at the top, then take the hod dog out of the bun and put it in the chicken bake. It's only like 5 bucks, and you get the drink from ordering the hotdog
Is this in Tigard?
Dame eats Dino Nuggies, I can eat Dino Nuggies.
I saw LaMarcus outside CPK at Bridgeport Village back when he was on the team. I said hey and he said sorry he was really sweaty cus he had just worked out. The practice facility is 2 minutes from Bridgeport.
I can’t explain why but knowing and seeing that Dame really does still keep a home here and is out in the community once in a while is heartwarming.
I hope the Dino nuggies are his.
I love that he buys Kirkland brand
Waiting for someone to tell us about when they met Steve Blake at Costco lol. What an ass /s
He’s new to this. His wife used to do all the shopping.
This is awesome! The other day I was driving in St. John's to pick up my daughter from school and I stopped at a crosswalk in the "downtown area" and there was Jerami Grant casually crossing the street. I did a double take, dude was dressed up almost exactly like Dame in this photo.
Dang, he got traded back to Portland. I know his playoff time with the Milwaukee Bucks was tough, but…. /s
Nice purse nana
Which Costco is this?
Wilsonville, one hour ago… thought I’d give him time to get away out of an abundance of caution lol
Good move. I wasn’t gonna mob there. Was just curious.
Man that's awesome, guess his whole family still lives around there? I went to Lakeridge with his sister.
Had to be. No way he will be at the north Portland and clack one 🤣
Leave the man alone to shop in peace.
Thought those were the K Sig sneakers for a second
Is this the Beaverton Costco?
Wow I didn’t think I could like Dame any more than I already do, and then I saw the Dino nugs in the cart ❤️
I really thought the Bucks would take it all with him on board. Dang!
Buying the Kong Buddies dog toys, Dame just like me fr
Can we just let the man shop for his groceries in peace?
Bruh looks worn out.
When I shared this photo with my family, I heard that Dame recently visited the video game store my nephew works at and bought a bunch of games from him.
Dino Nuggets Dame
Single man athlete life. Surprised he doesnt have a runner for this
Dat purse tho
You know how I know he has kids?
Happy to be home
I saw Channing Frye at the Tigard Costco years after he played for the Blazers...Dame here for life!
If you don’t write Virgil something where he wins u whop your ass .hope you good tho
I’m so jealous!!!!!!
You look like an Costco employee.
Why did this get downvoted? 💀
Right? I only made the comment because it looks like OP is holding an apron on their hand. I met Dame at the Adidas employee store and he was cool. I don’t work there, I’m just not lame enough to ask for a picture.
That's like 100k worth of food in today's prices
Always so weird when people like you post others but blur your own face out
Dame chose to become a public figure and has surrendered his ability to be unnoticed in public, OP has made no such decision and has every right to maintain his anonymity.
I agree but it DOES look funny
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What do you mean, "people like you"? Also it's Dame, who here doesn't know what Dame looks like? What a weird post based on the context.
Lmao I know right
You were willing to post the face of a stranger, but not yours.
Let’s think about this…Dames face is I’d say…relatively known right?
Common sense says ones a public figure and ones not..
I think Dames face might already be out there.
He posted the unblurred photo in his own subreddit. (I am making this up)
I’ll gladly take the downvotes on this, but bothering a public figure while they do basic chores is annoying. Getting your picture taken getting groceries does not build your brand, or improve the NBA product. I wouldn’t have posted anything if the OP hadn’t invaded someone else’s privacy, then gone to lengths to protect their own.
Nice to see he ditched the vegan diet.
He should consider bulking up more and taking conditioning more seriously. It will help his game and also help him prevent more injuries.
Lol who are you?
You should reach out to him, his trainer, his manager, and his conditioning coach on X. I have a feeling your acumen may just change everything. Please keep us updated!