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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 […]
Which is Best, Guitars or the Oregon Coast?
The final rounds of the Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament are now underway. Starting from 64 good things in life, we’ve narrowed down the field to just 8. Each day you’ll be asked to choose between two strong candidates to advance to the Final Four of the bracket. This is nail-biting time. Make your […]
What Story Will Dominate Preseason for the Trail Blazers?
Good news is on the horizon for all NBA and Portland Trail Blazers fans. Though the start of the 2026-27 regular season is still a month away, training camps open across the league a week from today. The sport and teams you love are returning soon! In preparation, we want to ask a couple of […]
NBA Preseason Rankings: Ringer Doesn’t Believe in New-Look Blazers
NBA Training Camps and the 2026-27 preseason are just around the corner. It’s high time for forecasts and predictions about the season ahead. The Ringer got into the act today with their annual ranking of all 30 NBA franchises. Portland Trail Blazers fans might be mildly chagrined to know that Michael Pina, the site’s representative, […]
Former Blazers Forward Nicolas Batum Announces Retirement
Former Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum has announced his retirement from the game of basketball following an 18-year NBA career. Batum, 37, played his first seven seasons with the Trail Blazers from 2008 to 2015, before going on to play for the Charlotte Hornets (2015-2020), Los Angeles Clippers (2020-2023, 2024-2026) and Philadelphia 76ers (2023-2024). […]
Vote: Which is Better, Pizza or Books?
The final matchups of the Sweet Sixteen round of the Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament have arrived. For those who aren’t keeping up, we started a couple weeks ago with 64 good things in life, arranged in a March Madness-esque bracket. Each day we give you two posts with a choice between two things. […]
Calling All Cow Kissing Fans to the Best Things Ever Tournament
The final quarter-bracket of the Sweet Sixteen round of the Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament has arrived. For those who aren’t keeping up, we started a couple weeks ago with 64 good things in life, arranged in a March Madness-esque bracket. Each day we give you two posts with a choice between two things. […]
5 Reasons Scoot Henderson Won’t Get Extended by the Blazers
Each rookie extension signed by an NBA player this summer serves as a reminder that the deadline for Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson’s potential agreement looms. If no deal is made between Scoot and the Blazers by October 19th, the third-overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft will play out the final year of […]
Trail Blazers Signee Lee Hyun-jung Leads South Korea to Gold
According to The Korea Herald, recent Blazer signee Lee Hyun-jung “played the best basketball of his life during his six-game run to the gold medal for South Korea at the Asian Games this month.” Lee’s game-leading 27-point performance in a 67-57 victory over home country Japan led the South Korean men’s basketball team to its […]
Los Angeles Sparks Consume the Portland Fire
The Portland Fire fell hard to the Los Angeles Sparks, 104-85, on Sunday evening on the road. The Fire weren’t very sharp on the offensive end, while the Sparks were especially electric from deep, overwhelming a short-handed Portland in their second-to-last game. Portland’s Carla Leite led all scores with 23 points, while Rae Burrell and […]
Retro Rewind: Blazers’ thrilling 1992 2OT Playoff Win over the Suns
The Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns still hold the NBA record for the most points scored in a playoff game. Their epic Game 4 double overtime shootout in the 1992 Western Conference Semifinals, ended with the Blazers winning 153-151, and Portland taking a 3-1 series lead. Back in the spring of 1992, it […]
Fire Play the Sparks in their Penultimate Game
The Portland Fire (16-26) are on the road one final time this season as they take on the Los Angeles Sparks (15-26). They’ll tip it off today at 4:00 PM Pacific today before wrapping up the season on Tuesday at home against the Golden State Valkyries. The Fire, currently in 9th place and out of […]
Which Blazer Should Have a Bronze Statue?
Let’s pretend for a moment all of the current uncomfortable vibes with the new ownership are solved. A new deal to keep the Portland Trail Blazers in town long-term has been reached. Now that Tom Dundon has his money to bring the Moda Center up to modern day, world class standards, lets talk about spending […]
Camping vs. Beer: Which is Better?
The Sweet Sixteen round of the Best Things Ever Tournament at Blazer’s Edge rounds the halfway mark today. By the end of tomorrow we’ll know our Elite Eight participants. Before then, we have two days of voting to engage in. For those who haven’t kept up, we started with 64 pretty cool items from everyday […]
Say Goodbye to the Biggest Cinderella in the Best Things Ever Tourney
The Sweet Sixteen round of the Best Things Ever Tournament at Blazer’s Edge rounds the halfway mark today. By the end of tomorrow we’ll know our Elite Eight participants. Before then, we have two days of voting to engage in. For those who haven’t kept up, we started with 64 pretty cool items from everyday […]
Osceola Magic Hire Former Blazers Assistant Ronnie Burrell as Head Coach
Former Portland Trail Blazers assistant coach Ronnie Burrell has been hired as the head coach of the Orlando Magic’s G League affiliate Osceola Magic, HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto reported. The Trail Blazers hired Burrell as an assistant on Chauncey Billups’ staff during the 2024 offseason, and he spent the past two seasons in the role. Burrell […]
The Best Version of Donovan Clingan Changes the Blazers’ Chances
The Portland Trail Blazers might own the league’s biggest predictive chasm between ceiling and floor this coming season. While guards Damian Lillard and Ja Morant appear to be big additions on paper, the makeup of the broader roster is perplexing and far from what you would consider complementary. One of the biggest factors dictating the […]
Valkyries Cruise Past Fire for Comfortable Win
The Portland Fire got put away early in an 82-66 loss to the Golden State Valkyries on Friday night at the Moda Center. After taking a 20-19 lead into the second quarter, the Fire were quickly left in the dust as the Valkyries built a double-digit lead that held throughout the second half. Portland was […]
Rip City Remix Make Offseason Trades
The Rip City Remix were busy today, trading away four players and two second-round picks to pick up the rights to two new players. The team announced the deals via social media: The Rip City Remix have agreed to trade the returning player rights of Andrew Carr and Jamiya Neal, along with a 2027 second-round […]
Contract Extensions Popping Up Around NBA, Not for Scoot Henderson
September the season for rookie contract extension talks across the NBA. The bulk of the free agency period has come and gone. Franchises have until the day before the regular season starts to agree to extensions with any former rookie-contract players headed towards restricted free agency next summer. As the season approaches, the rate of […]
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