NBA Star Makes Fan's Day on Twitter After Snubbing Photo Request

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By Sam Laird2013-08-02 19:11:02 UTC

Siros Ardestani just wanted to take a photo with one of his favorite NBA players. But Portland Trailblazers star Damian Lillard just wanted to shop in peace.

So Lillard turned down a recent photo request from the young fan while out and about earlier this week, but later took to Twitter to lament his choice and share a guilty confession:

Lo and behold, Ardestani saw the message and wrote Lillard this classy reply:

To which Lillard responded:

And things took an interesting turn for the young fan:

Then, about half an hour later, voila!

And so, a moment that never could have happened just a few short years ago was created with the chirp of a tweet. Go Siros! Go Lillard! Go Twitter! Go sports!

[HT Ball Don't Lie ]

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