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According to Jake Fischer, the Blazers will “field plenty of external trade interest in (Jrue) Holiday in coming weeks and months.” Fischer also writes that Holiday hopes it doesn’t happen and wants to be a part of something and build. Too bad. Holiday might be the perfect addition for this Utah Jazz team, and if […]
Having finished their run through the 2026 NBA Playoffs this week, the Portland Trail Blazers now look ahead to the 2026 NBA Draft and the opening of free agency and trades this summer. The Blazers currently have no draft picks for the June festivities. Trades and signings will provide the most obvious avenue for improvement. […]
The Portland Trail Blazers have a reputation, at least among their fans if not across the NBA, as being one of the promising young teams trying to make their name in The Association. The key words there are “promising” and “young”. Last night in one of our comment sections, Blazer’s Edge Reader WonReasley80 brought up […]
The San Antonio Spurs had relatively little trouble disposing of the Portland Trail Blazers in their recent best-of-seven, first-round NBA Playoffs series. San Antonio won the matchup 4-1. They’re now on their way to face the severely-injured Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round while Portland heads into a summer of retooling and evolution. As it […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs are done with their NBA Playoffs series, but a few question linger from that 10-day span in the Blazer’s Edge Mailbag. Some of them have implications that go beyond just the spring. Let’s address one of them today! Dave, Do you think that the refs changing the […]
Portland Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin on Thursday defended Blazers owner Tom Dundon against reports criticizing the new owner for recent cost-cutting measures and characterizing him as cheap. Since Dundon took the reins of the franchise on March 31, reports and speculation have flooded in about the ownership group’s inclination to save money and […]
The Spurs completely dominated the series and would have swept the Trail Blazers had Wembanyama not suffered his concussion: true or false? Marilyn Dubinski: It’s easy to say true since they still got ahead without him later in Game 2 before blowing it, then also made a massive comeback to win Game 3 without him, […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are conducting their end-of-season media availability session this morning at 10 a.m. PDT. Blazers general manager Joe Cronin, acting head coach Tiago Splitter and select players will take the podium to field questions about the 2025-26 campaign and what’s in store for the future of the franchise. This discussion thread is […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are scheduled to hold their end-of-season media availability session on Thursday at 10 a.m. PDT. Blazers general manager Joe Cronin, acting head coach Tiago Splitter and select players will speak at the event. Blazer’s Edge will be there to provide coverage, but the interviews will also be streamed live on the […]
The Portland Trail Blazers’ season may have ended on Tuesday night. But the beat of the NBA Playoffs drums on, regardless. Three more postseason games are on the slate tonight. Hang out here and discuss all the action with fellow fans! Here’s the game info (all start times are Pacific): No. 8 Orlando Magic @ […]
“Can he fly?” “Who? Wemby?” “The really tall guy.” “Yeah, that’s Wemby.” “Can Wemby fly?” “No. But it sure looks like it, doesn’t it?” “I think he can fly.” Out of the mouth of babes, eh? It’s funny how succinctly and ardently a child can summarize how they feel/what they think about something. For someone […]
The Portland Trail Blazers have completed their 2025-26 season with a 42-40 record, a NBA Play-In Tournament victory over the Phoenix Suns, and a 3-1 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs. Compared to recently-passed seasons, this year was practically a masterpiece for the Blazers. They set […]
The Portland Trail Blazers ended their 2025-26 season last night with a 114-95 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs. There will be plenty of time to let the offseason sink in. Today we’re going to take time for an immediate, though right-brained, question from the Blazer’s […]
Yesterday news broke that the NBA is considering a semi-radical change to the Draft Lottery system to reduce the incentive for teams to “tank” in order to receive better lottery odds. You can read about the details of the proposal here. Basically the new rules would expand the lottery to 16 teams (including some Play-In […]
Last night, the Spurs capped off a 4-1 first round victory over the Trail Blazers by torching Portland in the first half and then coasting (somewhat uncomfortably at times) the rest of the way. As lopsided as the series looks on paper, I would actually argue that it’s been an ideal training ground for this […]
Well, here we are again. The last What We Learned I did was in the Spurs’ third-to-last game of the regular season, when they hosted none other than the Portland Trail Blazers: a game they won despite no Victor Wembanyama or Stephon Castle in large part thanks to De’Aaron Fox. It turned into more of […]
As it was the theme for most of the Spurs’ and Trail Blazers’ first-round series, the final matchup was a game of two halves. San Antonio cruised to a huge lead before the break in what seemed destined to be a blowout, only to almost allow a surprising comeback. In the end, the play of […]
The Portland Trail Blazers end their 2025-26 season with a 114 – 95 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. The Spurs never trailed in the game and were clearly the better team this evening and throughout the series. Deni Avdija led the Blazers with 22 points while De’Aaron Fox had 21 for the […]
Game 5 between the Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs is halfway finished. A loss tonight would end Portland’s season. Will they pull it out and force Game 6? You can talk about the action here with your friends and neighbors! Here’s the basic info on the game: Portland Trail Blazers at San Antonio […]
Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The Silver and Black have an opportunity to advance past the […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs will play Game 5 of their best-of-seven NBA Playoffs series tonight. So far for the Blazers it’s been worst-of-seven. Portland trails 3-1 in the series. A loss tonight would end their season. Will they make a comeback to force Game 6? You can talk about the action […]
For those following the saga of suspended Portland Trail Blazers Coach Chauncey Billups, one of the figures who was indicted on federal gambling charges last fall—ex-NBA player Damon Jones—pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud related to illegal gambling. Jones is the first defendant in the NBA-related cases to admit his […]
The Portland Trail Blazers head to San Antonio tonight to take on the Spurs with their season on the line. The Blazers have shown that they can win in the Alamo City, where they took Game 2 of their opening-round NBA Playoffs series last week. After that 106-103 victory, there appeared to be an unexpectedly […]
The vibes weren’t great when the Spurs last left San Antonio. With the series tied 1-1 and Victor Wembanyama in concussion protocol, things looked bleak for the Silver and Black. Now, heading back home, the Spurs find themselves up 3-1 in their first-round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers, with Wembanyama fully healthy. San […]
The San Antonio Spurs took a 3-1 lead against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. Despite trailing by 19 points in the first half, the Spurs came back with a vengeance, outscoring the Blazers 73-35 in the second half to win Game Four 114-93. Victor Wembanyama returned from concussion protocols in Game Four and dominated […]