NBA free agency officially kicked off on Monday evening as the negotiating window opened for eligible players and all teams across the league at 6 p.m. ET. Monday night was relatively quiet, but the first stunners of the new league year came Tuesday morning.

After being waived by the Milwaukee Bucks, Damian Lillard is an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career. It's certainly not the circumstances in which he'd imagine, after the Bucks unexpectedly waived and stretched the final two years of his deal,

Damian Lillard is confident in his abilities as the free agent ponders his options after the Milwaukee Bucks waived the nine-time All-Star and seven-time All-NBA player on Tuesday.