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Trail Blazers Media Day 2026: Ja Morant Wants to Play Every Game
Portland Trail Blazers Media Day 2026 has finally arrived! After a long offseason, the build-up to the Blazers’ 2026-2027 NBA regular season begins in earnest with today’s event. The festivities are set to start bright and early at 9 a.m. PDT this morning, and the day will feature press conference-style interviews with Blazers President of […]
On the Eve of Media Day, the Blazers are the NBA’s Biggest Reality Show
The Portland Trail Blazers are about to embark on their 50th anniversary season of when they won their sole NBA Championship. Tomorrow, the core members from the basketball side of the franchise will be speaking to the media before opening up training camp on Tuesday. It got me thinking, what if the NBA had a […]
Buddy Hield Traded to Bulls for Rob Dillingham
NBA forward Buddy Hield has been traded once again. ESPN’s Shams Charania is reporting that the 10-year veteran is headed to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for guard Rob Dillingham. Last February, the Golden State Warriors traded Hield to the Atlanta Hawks as part of a package with Jonathan Kuminga that netted the Warriors center […]
Final Four Matchup 2: Is Kissing Better than Beer?
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament has reached the second matchup of the Final Four. We began weeks ago with 64 good things in life, organized into a March Madness bracket. After plenty of head-to-head matchups and daily voting, we have narrowed down 64 to 4. Yesterday’s post is right here if you haven’t […]
Final Four Matchup 1: Dolly Parton or the Coast in Best Things Ever?
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament has an official Final Four! For the last few weeks we’ve been narrowing down 64 good things in life, organized randomly and pitted against each other in head-to-head matchups in a March Madness bracket. Voting on matchups each day has helped us pass the time between the waning […]
What are Realistic Expectations for Ja Morant in Portland?
The only tangible, rotation-changing addition the Portland Trail Blazers front office made this summer was adding Ja Morant. For the price of Jerami Grant and Kris Murray, General Manager Joe Cronin secured the services of the former second overall pick and All-NBA honoree. But let’s be clear, this version of Morant isn’t close to the […]
Steph Curry Signs Extension to Stay with Warriors
One of the great, pending mysteries of the upcoming NBA season was the fate of Golden State Warriors MVP Steph Curry. Entering the 2026-27 campaign at 38 years of age on an expiring deal, Curry was one of the big names in speculation for potential trades during the summer. The Warriors are not what they […]
Vote Today on Which Is Better: Books or Kissing?
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament has reached the final bracket matchup of the Elite Eight round. For those unfamiliar, for the last few weeks we’ve been voting on a March Madness setup of 64 off-the-cuff chosen, mostly-randomly-arranged items all of which have one thing in common: they’re pretty good things. Day by day, […]
Why Ja Morant isn’t the Biggest Issue for the Trail Blazers This Season
The Portland Trail Blazers made a big splash in the Summer of 2026 when they traded for Memphis Grizzlies super-guard Ja Morant. Though recently dogged by controversy and hobbled by injuries, Morant was once one of the marquee players in the whole NBA. He might resurrect his career in Portland this season. But before he […]
Senator Ron Wyden Threatening Scrutiny on NBA Team Relocations
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden is flexing his significant power to convince the NBA Board of Governors to disallow any potential relocation of the Portland Trail Blazers. According to Bill Oram of the Oregonian, the high-ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee is putting pressure on the league to keep the Blazers in Portland. Among the […]
Video: Yang Hansen Works Out with World-Class NBA Trainer
To the Portland Trail Blazers fanbase, center Yang Hansen is a polarizing player. When it comes to Hansen, most people fit into one of three camps. The first group feels he was a waste of a draft pick, having seen other available players from the 2025 draft already showing upside from their rookie season. The […]
Former Blazers Broadcaster Kevin Calabro to Join Timberwolves
It didn’t take long for former Portland Trail Blazers broadcaster Kevin Calabro to find a new home. Strong rumors are swirling tonight that the long-time play-by-play man will join the Minnesota Timberwolves this season. The Daily Agenda had the first report on the hiring. I have been told the Timberwolves intend to go in a […]
Beer vs. the Universe in the Best Things Ever Tournament
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament for 2026 is winding into its final days. With today’s post, we’re three-quarters of the way through the Elite Eight round, heading quickly to a Final Four and the ultimate winner of the tourney for the year. For those who haven’t followed along, we started with 64 fairly-randomly-arranged […]
Trail Blazers Make More Exhibit 10 Signings
The Portland Trail Blazers continue to fill up their 2027 Training Camp roster, making Exhibit 10 signings with players expected to end up on the G League’s Rip City Remix roster. The Oregonian’s Joe Freeman reported yesterday that Portland signed Mark Sears and Barry Dunning Jr. to Exhibit 10 deals: single-year, non-guaranteed contracts that allow […]
Official Trail Blazers Wins Prediction Thread for 2026-27
Portland Trail Blazers Media Day opens up next Monday, marking the official pre-start to the 2026-27 season! As is our tradition, this is your official “Predict How Many Wins the Blazers Will Get” thread for the year. It’s the place where you register your best guess at win total. If you turn out to be […]
Deni Avdija Earns Top 50 NBA Players Ranking, Camara Left Off List
As we shared yesterday, this week ESPN is publishing their annual ranking of the Top 100 Players currently in the NBA. Donovan Clingan, Ja Morant, Jrue Holiday, and Damian Lillard all ranked between 51-100 on the list. Players 40-10 were revealed today. As expected, Deni Avdija—Portland’s All-Star—made the grade. ESPN ranked Avdija 27th overall, just […]
Is Dolly Finally Toast in the Best Things Ever Tournament?
The Elite Eight round in the Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament features another tough matchup today! For those who have missed out on the last few weeks, we started with 64 reasonably good things in life, seeded somewhat randomly into a March Madness type bracket. In the days since, readers have voted in heads-up […]
Tracing the Shape of the Trail Blazers in 2026
Training Camp begins for the Portland Trail Blazers next week. It’s a new venture with a new head coach (Micah Nori) a new batch of guards (Damian Lillard and Ja Morant) and a new franchise direction under owner Tom Dundon. That leaves a fair amount of uncertainty as to how the season will go. It’s […]
What is the Blazers’ Ceiling/Floor This Season?
What are your (reasonable) lofty hopes for the Portland Trail Blazers entering the 2026-27 NBA season? What are your (reasonable) fears about how low they could fall in the Western Conference standings? The latest episode of the We Like the Blazers podcast dives into those questions, the most likely outcome between the two sides of […]
Fire Finish Season With One More Dramatic Win
The Portland Fire rallied after a near-hopeless start to beat the second-place Golden State Valkyries 90-82 in overtime on Tuesday to close out their first season back in the WNBA since 2002. Bridget Carleton led the way at the Moda Center with 26 points, while Emily Engstler had a double-double with 11 points and 11 […]
Portland Fire Host Golden State Valkyries in Last Game of the Season
The Portland Fire (16-27) close out their WNBA season this evening at Moda Center against the Golden State Valkyries (31-11). The Valkyries are currently in second place in the WNBA, but they’re still in the hunt for the number one seed and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. The Fire have been eliminated from the postseason, […]
Blazers Add Exhibit 10 Players for Training Camp
The Portland Trail Blazers continued to shore up the Rip City Remix roster by signing a free agent, plus two players they acquired via trade earlier in the week. According to the Oregonian’s Joe Freeman, Mark Armstrong, Keylan Boone, and Samson Johnson will join Blazers training camp on Exhibit 10 contracts and are expected to […]
Raptors Sign Kawhi Leonard to Huge Contract Extension
The Toronto Raptors have rewarded newly-acquired forward Kawhi Leonard with a two-year, $115 million contract extension with a player option in the second season. Shams Charania of ESPN reported the news today. Leonard was recently embroiled in controversy as his former team, the Los Angeles Clippers, were fined $30 million and stripped of five future […]
Hawks Trade Hield, Nembhard to Hornets for Dorian Finney-Smith
The NBA trade market has been quiet through much of August and September, but the impending start of the season is nigh and front offices are starting to waken after their long summer’s nap. Today multiple media outlets are reporting that the Atlanta Hawks are trading Buddy Hield and Ryan Nembhard to the Charlotte Hornets […]
Four Trail Blazers Make ESPN’s NBA Top 100 List So Far
As is their fall tradition, ESPN NBA Senior Writer (and Blazers Edge alum) Ben Golliver gathered with his fellow analysts at “The Worldwide Leader” to do their annual rankings of the NBA’s Top 100 players. The exercise highlights the best players across the league, regardless of team or position. This first installment of the ranking […]
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