Damian Lillard Allows Mother’s Son Into His Basketball Camp After a Chance Instagram DM

A mother's chance DM to Damian Lillard on Instagram helped get her son in his camp with the fee waived.

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For the second straight week, Damian Lillard shows us why he's one of the greatest players in the league today, on AND off the court.

Last week, Lillard came to the defense of Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley after someone criticized his new five-year, $153 million contract, adding, "no way should you be making more than Damian Lillard." This week, a woman named Erica Cassidy shared a story on Facebook proving "how awesome our star Dame is."  

According to Erica, her son attended Lillard's camp last year and she wanted to send him over there again for his birthday this summer. However, since her older child was going to Germany on an exchange program, it took her a little longer to get the money needed to cover the fees and when she was able to pay the expense, they told her that that everything was full. 

While it was a shot in the dark, Erica reached out to Lillard with a DM on Instagram, seeing if he could fit one more person into his camp. After Lillard responded and asked for her contact information, she received an email which said, "I talked to Damian and he said he wants Kiefer at camp this year. Which session do you want to attend?" And that's not it. When Erica followed up and asked about when she should pay the fees, she received the following response: "Damian paid for it." 

Read her entire story below.

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