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It’s no secret that late August and early September are slow times for the NBA. It’s also no secret that, if a topic is open for discussion about the Portland Trail Blazers, we’ve probably brought it up between the time Portland’s season ended in May and now. Above all, though, we know that Blazer’s Edge […]
Jerami Grant is now employed by the Memphis Grizzlies. The former Portland Trail Blazers forward was sent to Tennessee in June as part of the deal for Ja Morant. Not before spending four years in Portland, largely carrying the team during some of the bleakest days of the recent rebuild. Grant arrived in Portland during […]
The owner is still contemplating a move.
For the first time in four years, the Portland Trail Blazers will enter the 2026-27 NBA season without Jerami Grant in the rotation. Earlier in the summer, the Blazers traded Grant to the Memphis Grizzlies for guard Ja Morant. The veteran was a steady presence in the starting lineup or off the bench. He was […]
Javonte Cooke, who spent most of last season with the Trail Blazers on a two-way contract, has signed a one-year deal with the Beijing Royal Fighters, agent Jerry Dianis tells Hoops Rumors. The 27-year-old shooting guard chose Beijing among multiple offers from teams in the Chinese Basketball Association. He also received interest from several NBA […]
The Dallas Mavericks should trade Daniel Gafford to address their roster crunch rather than Klay Thompson.
Here is how Ja Morant could transform the Trail Blazers into a big West threat, with Damian Lillard back and one of the NBA’s deepest rotations.
The Blazer’s Edge Mailbag gets filled with questions of all kinds about the Portland Trail Blazers. Yesterday we published one of the lengthiest ones we’ve ever dealt with, completely unedited. (Insider Peek: I edit down most of them pretty severely before publishing.) Today we’re going totally opposite, dealing with one there was no need to […]
The Miami Heat may already have the league's most effective Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stopper in Andrew Wiggins.
I moved to San Antonio (technically back to San Antonio) from New York in the summer 2013. The Spurs had just been upset in the Finals. I immediately plunged into my fandom and embraced the team I grew up adoring. Somewhere over the next couple of years, the Spurs beat the Portland Trail Blazers. When […]
Trail Blazers Could Scoot Henderson eventually become the odd man out in the Trail Blazers’ suddenly crowded backcourt? Jeremy Brener of NBA on SI explored that possibility, noting that Henderson is entering the final season of his rookie contract and can become a restricted free agent next summer. The former No. 3 overall pick averaged […] The post NBA Notes: Blazers, Scoot Henderson, Rockets, Kevin Durant, Bulls appeared first on Hoops Wire .
It should come as no surprise that the Portland Trail Blazers are heavily featured in HoopsHype’s top 27 point guard rankings for the upcoming 2026-27 season. Headlined by the offseason addition of Ja Morant and the anticipated return of Damian Lillard, the Trail Blazers backcourt will be stacked with big names and depth this year. […]
The Portland City Council approved $120 million in funding to renovate the Moda Center on August 12. But the tensions are far from eased. As local government and new Portland Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon remain at loggerheads over comments during these negotiations, one of the city’s most prominent sports figures is making his stance […] The post “Blazers Can’t Move”: Portland Local With MLS Ties Sends Blunt Message to Tom Dundon Over Relocation Talks appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Trail Blazers fans and fans across the country. The Portland Trail Blazers made a bold, and economical, move in the Summer of 2022 as they acquired forward Jerami Grant from the Detroit Pistons […]
Portland Trail Blazers history is studded with All-Stars and significant contributors. Clyde Drexler and Damian Lillard have eras named after them. Bill Walton is linked inexorably with the franchise’s only NBA Championship. In between we can talk about Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge, Maurice Lucas, Kiki Vandeweghe, Arvydas Sabonis, and any number of easily-recalled players […]
A new NBA rumor opens the door for the Boston Celtics to flip recently added future Hall of Famer Paul […]
Nobody had a better 2025-26 season for the Portland Trail Blazers than Deni Avdija. In his sixth NBA season Avdija scored a career-high 24.2 points per game, adding 6.9 rebounds and 6.7 assists, earning his first NBA All-Star nomination in the process. The Trail Blazers have changed significantly over the summer, though. They traded forward […]
Former Portland Trail Blazers forward Trendon Watford has signed with the New Orleans Pelicans. The deal runs for a single year at a $2.9 million salary. The news was reported by Shams Charania of ESPN this morning. Watford played for the Blazers during the first two years of his NBA career, between 2021 and 2023. […]
Free agent forward Trendon Watford has signed a one-year deal with the New Orleans Pelicans worth $2.9 million, per reports. The former LSU Tiger was most recently with the Philadelphia 76ers, after previously spending two seasons with both the Portland Trail Blazers and Brooklyn Nets. The Birmingham native immediately made an impact at LSU, averaging […]
Portland Trail Blazers guard Ja Morant reacted to WWE Superstar Kevin Owens wearing a pair of his signature shoes during Friday night's episode of SmackDown.
If Jeremy Sochan could only shoot, the Portland Trail Blazers wouldn’t have been able to sign him to a non-guaranteed camp roster deal. He’d still be a member of the Western Conference Champion San Antonio Spurs and without the championship ring he won two months ago with the New York Knicks. The Polish-national-team representing, one-hand-free-throw […]
Is Jrue Holiday about to join Jaylen Brown and LeBron James on the Sixers? Here's the latest on the former Celtics guard's future with the Trail Blazers.
The Lakers have been linked to Jonathan Kuminga for much of the summer. One hypothetical proposal offers a complicated way to finally get him to Los Angeles. Hawks reporter Rohan Roman recently floated a three-team trade involving the Lakers, Hawks and Trail Blazers that would send Kuminga to L.A. while moving several other players and […] The post NBA three-team trade proposal sends Jonathan Kuminga to Lakers appeared first on Hoops Wire .
There has been a lot going on with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Moda Center, and I figured it might be helpful to blend a recap from a busy week on the local government front with a few of my own thoughts in the easiest-to-digest way possible. Note: this will be a blend of […]
One of several remaining shoes dropped in the Portland Trail Blazers arena renovation saga yesterday, as Multnomah County commissioners voted 4-1 to approve team owner Tom Dundon’s term sheet for $100 million in county funding for the project. Or maybe just half a shoe, as three of the five commissioners voted not to use $35 million […]