Douglas C. Pizac/Special to Salt Lake Tribune

Not many people saw this coming when he was a high school project from Oakland, Calif. But the Damian Lillard bandwagon is now officially full — and verging on overloaded.

Weber State’s dynamic junior guard leads the nation in scoring (just more than 25 points per game) and is the odds-on favorite to pick up his second Big Sky Conference MVP award at the end of the season. And the professional guys have noticed. Eight NBA scouts sat courtside during a recent home game against Montana State.

How unexpected was this? Not even best friend and Weber State teammate Frank Otis, who has been hanging out with Lillard since fourth grade, had an inkling of what was to come.

“I didn’t think he was going to be this good,” said Otis. “If you asked anybody from back...

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