Damian Lillard opens up on his ‘lonely’ life after splitting with his wife and being traded to the Bucks… but insists he doesn’t regret his ‘big boy decision’ to move from Portland to Milwaukee

Despite the end of his marriage and leaving the place he called home for more than a decade, Damian Lillard says he doesn’t regret the “big boy decision” he made to leave the Portland Trail Blazers for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Lillard was traded to Milwaukee last September in a huge and complicated deal involving three teams, eight players and multiple draft picks.

Not only has Lillard had to deal with a new city, he’s also going through a separation from his wife, Kay’la, since filing for divorce in October.

“It’s definitely lonely because I’m such a family man,” Lillard recently told Sports Illustrated.

‘My life is my family. After the games I came out and my whole family was back there. My kids come out of the playroom. My mother, my brother, my cousins ​​lived there, you know what I mean?’

Since his profession, Lillard has gone through a divorce with his wife Kay’la

“My best friends live in Portland,” Lillard said. “So I came out and we went out to dinner. Maybe they’ll come to my house.

“After practice I might go to my mom’s house and just relax. That’s what my life was like. So I mean, I’m fine because I’m an adult. But it sure is lonely. I am filled by those people.’

Since moving to Milwaukee, Lillard admits he “doesn’t have much life.”

“Bro, (I) go to practice, go home, watch boxing, play video games,” Lillard said of his daily regimen. “Man, I’m typing (boxing website) FightHype into YouTube 100 times and praying something new comes up.

“Seriously, I don’t have much life. But that’s what goes into making a big boy decision. You have to feel like it and find out.’

While there isn’t much to love about his life off the court, his efforts on the court with Giannis Antetokounmpo have the Bucks sitting third in the Eastern Conference.

“It’s been a real transition,” he said. ‘Being in the same situation for eleven years, deciding to get rid of it and wanting to have a chance to win.

“And then coming here to play for a new coach (Adrian Griffin) and he’s new to the team. So it’s not like I came to Milwaukee and everything was set in stone. It was a completely new staff.

But on the pitch, his partnership with Giannis Antetokounmpo has been successful

“Obviously I’m trying to figure out working with Giannis and being part of this team. It’s a process and I think it’s been an adjustment for both of us.

‘He’s used to playing a certain way. I’m used to playing a certain way and I think we’ve had moments. I just think it’s still a work in progress.”

The Bucks hired Doc Rivers as head coach in January following the firing of Adrian Griffin after 43 games on the job.

Milwaukee is in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 37-21 record and visits the Hornets in Charlotte on Thursday