The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
The Emirates NBA Cup doesn’t always indicate who the best teams in the league for the season will be, but in 2025, the Western Conference bracket features two of the toughies. Last night in the completion of quarterfinals action for the annual tournament, the Oklahoma City Thunder crushed the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are finishing up a long road trip today with a visit to New Orleans to face the Pelicans. Both teams are coming into this game well rested while watching the Emirates NBA Cup action over the last few days. The banged up Blazers are 1-3 on this road trip, and have […]
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Many fans of the Portland Trail Blazers are under the impression that their team has been short-handed most of the current season due to injuries, but is that actually the case? The team’s injury list is required by the NBA to be accurate, so the answer to this question seems self-evident—yeah, the team has truly […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers could be paper-thin again at the center spot for their road matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday. Blazers starting center Donovan Clingan will miss his third straight game on Thursday due to a left lower leg contusion, while backup centers Robert Williams III (illness) and Yang Hansen (face contusion) […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers don’t have much to crow about during their 9-15 start to the 2025-26 season, but General Manager Joe Cronin and fellow franchise leaders might take solace in a recent article from The Athletic [subscription required]. In a leaguewide poll, the media agency asked executives to name the best front offices in […]
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The Dallas Mavericks announced some difficult news today as center Dereck Lively II exits the 2025-26 NBA season with a foot injury. Shams Charania of ESPN reports that Lively is experiencing lingering discomfort from his foot but is expected to make a full recovery. Lively has appeared in 7 games for the Mavericks this year, […]
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The Orlando Magic and New York Knicks have started a fledgling rivalry in the NBA’s Eastern Conference this year. From hard-fought games to Magic wing Desmond Bane throwing a basketball at Knicks forward OG Anunoby, sparks have flown. The teams will write another chapter this coming Saturday as both have advanced to the semi-final round […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have made offensive rebounding a key part of their identity so far this season. Whether that is by design or by nature of there being a plethora of missed shots to clean up is open for interpretation. However, what is not subjective about the offensive glass is that second-year center Donovan […]
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Deni Avdija and the Portland Trail Blazers were a hot topic of conversation on the latest episode of The Ringer NBA Show’s Group Chat podcast. At around the 18:00 mark of the show, co-hosts Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann explore the question, “Is Deni Avdija a Superstar in the Making?” Now in […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are suffering from a raft of injuries that are severely impacting their 2025-26 NBA season. Today at media availability during practice, Blazers Head Coach Tiago Splitter gave an update on the injury status of several players. Blazer’s Edge writer Conor Bergin shared the news via BlueSky. From Bergin: Tiago Splitter says […]
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Portland Trail Blazers fans knew going into the year that their team was destined for an up-and-down season. Injuries and a couple of rough stretches have conspired to put the Blazers on the “down” side of that equation lately. After a 5-3 start to the season, their record now stands at 9-15, meaning they’ve registered […]
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Attention, Portland Trail Blazers fans living in Seattle: This resource is here to help you find Portland games on TV! In late November, the Trail Blazers cut a deal with KSTW Seattle 11 to broadcast 20 games in the Seattle metro area in high-definition. Since then, KSTW also agreed to air Portland’s Dec. 14 game […]
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Yes. …okay, but seriously, the Portland Trail Blazers might have Deni Avdija on the best non-rookie contract in the NBA, and his 26 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists a game look an AWFUL like All-Star stats. We talked about that on the latest We Like the Blazers podcast, with Conor arguing that Avdija has […]
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Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Yang Hansen made his first career NBA start during Portland’s 119-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday. With Donovan Clingan and Robert Williams III both on the injury list, the 7-foot-2 rookie filled in on the road and contributed four points (2-5 shooting), five rebounds, two assists and two […]
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For the fourth consecutive week, The Portland Trail Blazers once again find themselves at No. 20 in NBA.com’s league-wide power rankings from John Schuhmann. This time, the injury-riddled Blazers stayed put after a 1-3 week that included an impressive win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, close losses to the Toronto Raptors and Detroit Pistons, and a […]
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Toumani Camara was one of the pleasant surprises of the 2024-25 season for the Portland Trail Blazers. Rising from obscurity out of the flurry of trades surrounding Damian Lillard, Camara assumed a position in Portland’s starting lineup and in the hearts of Blazers fans. His hard-working, blue-collar approach to the game (along with his improbable […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers went 1-3 this week with all four matchups coming as part of a long five-game road trip. They picked up their lone win over the Cleveland Cavaliers and fell to the Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons and Memphis Grizzlies. With a couple of close losses supplementing their win, it was a somewhat […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers fell 119-96 to the Memphis Grizzlies in a game that Memphis led since early in the first quarter. While the Blazers made a third quarter push that brought the deficit to single digits, the Grizzlies kept their foot on the gas and managed to quell the Portland run. The Blazers were […]
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Blues legend BB King was not in the house when the Portland Trail Blazers tangled with the Memphis Grizzlies on the road tonight, but he wasn’t needed – seven different players made music for the home team by scoring in double-figures to capture a 119-96 victory. Santi Aldama led the band with 22 points off […]
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Let’s talk about the second half of the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Memphis Grizzlies game! Here’s what you need to know in order to watch the game: Portland Trail Blazers (9-14) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (10-13) – Sun., Dec. 7 – 3:00pm Pacific How to watch via antenna or cable: See your options on the Rip City Television […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers continue their five-game road trip with a visit to Memphis to take on the Grizzlies. Can they bounce back from a tough loss in Detroit to get an important win against a Western Conference foe nearby in the standings? Time to find out! Here’s what you need to know in order […]
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Over the past few seasons, two names have been at the top of the fan wishlist for the Portland Trail Blazers to trade: Anfernee Simons and Jerami Grant. The first wish was granted in June when Simons was sent to the Boston Celtics for Jrue Holiday. Attention then turned to Grant over the summer, but […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are continuing their long road trip with a move back into the Western Conference for a matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies today. Portland is coming into this game 1-2 on the road trip so far, picking up a win against the Cleveland Cavaliers and losing to the Toronto Raptors and Detroit […]
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Portland Trail Blazers suspended head coach Chauncey Billups has reportedly sold his Lake Oswego home, according to Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report (subscription needed): Chauncey Billups, on leave from the Blazers while he faces federal gambling charges, has sold his Lake Oswego home… A listing on Redfin for Billups’ house in Lake Oswego says the […]
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Portland Trail Blazers second-year center Donovan Clingan may be out of action tomorrow against the Memphis Grizzlies, according to the NBA’s 8:30pm Eastern official injury report: Clingan, Donovan: Questionable Injury/Illness- Left Lower Leg; Contusion Henderson, Scoot: Out – Injury/Illness- Left Hamstring; Tear Holiday, Jrue: Out – Injury/Illness- Right Calf; Strain Lillard, Damian: Out – Injury/Illness- […]
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