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Best Things Ever FINAL Vote: Coast or Kissing?
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament for 2026 has come down to its final matchup. For the last three weeks we’ve been voting on matchups between 64 good things in life, narrowing them down in a March Madness bracket. They were fairly randomly chosen, almost totally randomly seeded, and discussing them has been pretty […]
NBA Highlights 2026-27 Points of Emphasis for Referees
Each year the NBA highlights several points of emphasis for officiating in the season to come. Some of these are reinforcements of rules already in place, perhaps allowed to lax slightly in years past. Others are new reactions to the evolution of the game, making sure sides have an even chance in the face of […]
Trail Blazers May Be Closing in on New Play-by-Play Broadcaster
As of the start of Training Camp, 2026, the Portland Trail Blazers do not have a television play-by-play broadcaster lined up for the season. Their former lead man, veteran NBA announcer Kevin Calabro, departed for greener pastures at the start of summer. He’s now slated to join the Minnesota Timberwolves. Portland’s position remains vacant. But […]
Blazers Media Day 2026: The Balance of Micah Nori
Colorful expressions and similes abound! Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Micah Nori still has the gift of the gab. Shortly following Blazers President Dewayne Hankin’s tense interview session to open Trail Blazers Media Day 2026 on Monday, Nori’s 21-minute turn at the podium served as the perfect palate cleanser to get fans inspired about the […]
Media Day Puts Blazers President Dewayne Hankins Up Against the Ropes
The interview with the team president is typically the most uncontroversial portion of NBA Media Day. That wasn’t the case at Portland Trail Blazers Media Day 2026. The press conference room of the Moda Center carried an anticipatory air early Monday morning as it awaited the first speaker of the day, Blazers President of Business […]
Brandon Ingram Has Torn Achilles, Will Miss Start of Season for Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers shared some bad news today. Recently-acquired guard Brandon Ingram will miss the start of the 2026-27 NBA Season due to a partially-torn Achilles tendon. The Clippers acquired Ingram from the Toronto Raptors two weeks ago in exchange for embattled forward Kawhi Leonard. Ingram averaged 21.5 points in 33.8 minutes over 77 […]
Trail Blazers Media Day: Deni Avdija Says Back is OK
No player is more important to the Portland Trail Blazers’ success in the 2026-27 season than Deni Avdija. The forward had a breakout season last year, averaging 24.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 6.7 assists per game, earning his first-ever NBA All-Star nomination. A back injury slowed Avdija in the latter parts of the season and […]
Damian Lillard Can’t Imagine Portland without the Trail Blazers
Today is Portland Trail Blazers Media Day, the official opening of training camp for the 2026-27 season. Most of the event buzz surrounded the season to come, but one issues lingers over the franchise at the start of the year. All summer the Blazers and the City of Portland wrangled, negotiated, and attempted to find […]
Jalen Duren Absent from Pistons Media Day, Training Camp
The sudsiest soap opera in the NBA continued today as Jalen Duren did not report to Detroit Pistons media day and is planning to skip the opening of training camp as well. Duren and the Pistons are struggling to find common ground on a contract extension that would end his restricted free agency and bring […]
Warriors Lose Kristaps Porzingis to Health Concerns
Bad news for the Golden State Warriors as NBA Media Day commences. Anthony Slater is reporting that the Warriors have lost center Kristaps Porzingis indefinitely due to an unspecified health condition. The Warriors acquired Porzingis last February from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield. Porzingis played 15 games for them, […]
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 […]
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