Welcome to Rip City, Dame Jr.

Damian Lillard is officially a father as the Portland Trail Blazers' All-Star guard and his girlfriend announced the arrival of their first son, Damian Jr., with a post on Lillard's Instagram account Thursday morning:

Lillard, who missed the final game of the Blazers' three-game road trip to fly back to Portland and be at the hospital for his son's birth, will return to the floor for Friday's home game against the Los Angeles Clippers, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports.