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What a year Damian Lillard has had. After being drafted sixth out of Weber State by the Portland Trail Blazers, Lillard had an outstanding season, capped by being named the NBA Rookie of the Year. To commemorate this achievement, adidas is releasing the adidas Real Deal \u201cRookie of the Year\u201d<\/strong> inspired by Lillard\u2019s upcoming and hometown, this sneaker will release in very limited quantities. The \u201cRookie of the Year\u201d Real Deal is decorated with red for Lillard’s high school, purple for Weber State, and black for the Portland Trail Blazers. The animal print on the sockliner represents the Wildcat mascot, which Lillard had in both high school and college. Also, the sneaker features \u201cTownbiz\u201d and \u201cFly Guyz\u201d branding to represent Oakland and his close group of friends. The Real Deal \u201cRookie of the Year\u201d will go on sale May 23, 2013 for $120 at Compound in Portland, Oregon, Shoe Palace in Oakland, and adidas.com. Also, you can pre-order a pair today at adidas.com, or meet Lillard at Compound<\/a> on May 23, from 6-7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n adidas Real Deal “Rookie of the Year”\n adidas Real Deal “Rookie of the Year”\n adidas Real Deal “Rookie of the Year”\n adidas Real Deal “Rookie of the Year”\n adidas Real Deal “Rookie of the Year”\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What a year Damian Lillard has had, getting drafted sixth out of Weber State by the Portland Trailblazers and quieting critics by winning the NBA Rookie of the Year. To commemorate this achievement, adidas is release the adidas Real Deal \u201cRookie of the Year\u201d<\/strong> inspired by Lillard\u2019s upcoming and hometown, this sneaker will release in very limited quantities. The \u201cRookie of the Year\u201d Real Deal is decorated with red for his high school, purple for Weber State, and black for the Portland Trail Blazers. The animal print on the sockliner represents the Wildcat mascot, which Lillard had in both high school and college. Also the sneaker features \u201cTownbiz\u201d and \u201cFly Guyz\u201d branding to represent Oakland and his close group of friends. The Real Deal \u201cRookie of the Year\u201d will go on sale May 23, 2013 for $120 at Compound in Portland, Oregon, Shoe Palace in Oakland, and adidas.com. Also you can pre-order a pair today at adidas.com or meet Lillard at Compound on May 23, between 6-7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":297639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1214056,1211937],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nadidas Real Deal "Rookie of the Year"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The adidas Real Deal "Rookie of the Year" is made to commemorate Damian Lillard's fantastic rookie season.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Damian Lillard x adidas Real Deal "Rookie of the Year"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The adidas Real Deal "Rookie of the Year" is made to commemorate Damian Lillard's fantastic rookie season.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Snkrs Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NiceKicks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matthalfhill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-17T16:37:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-05-14T11:27:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2013\/05\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year-lead.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"382\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Halfhill\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/matthalfhill\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@snkrsday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt Halfhill\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"ItemPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year\/\",\"name\":\"adidas Real Deal \\\"Rookie of the Year\\\"\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2013\/05\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year-lead.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-17T16:37:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-14T11:27:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"The adidas Real Deal \\\"Rookie of the Year\\\" is made to commemorate Damian Lillard's fantastic rookie season.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2013\/05\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year-lead.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2013\/05\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year-lead.jpg\",\"width\":620,\"height\":382},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-real-deal-rookie-of-the-year\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"adidas\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Damian Lillard x adidas Real Deal “Rookie of the Year”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/\",\"name\":\"Snkrs Day\",\"description\":\"Sneakers News. 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