The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers are back home after a five-game road trip to take on the Golden State Warriors. The banged up Blazers are coming into this game as losers of three straight games. The Warriors lost their last contest to the Minnesota Timberwolves and currently sit in the Western Conference’s eighth seed, four spots […]
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Ahead of a Sunday matchup with the Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers interim head coach Tiago Splitter provided some promising injury updates to reporters after team practice on Saturday. Trail Blazers team reporter Casey Holdahl relayed that information on social media, presenting status updates on Blazers centers Donovan Clingan and Robert Williams III, as […]
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Portland Trail Blazers fans (and journalists) who are fans of getting to bed earlier can rejoice this month. NBC announced Saturday it is switching the start times for its NBA doubleheaders to 5 and 7:30 p.m. PT for the rest of December. That means the Blazers game against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, Dec. 29, […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are going through it right now. The Blazers are losers of 11 of their last 14 games, including a 143-120 beatdown at the hands of the cellar-dwelling New Orleans Pelicans in their last matchup. And, of course, Portland is still dealing with so, so many injuries. On the latest episode of […]
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You may not be aware, but a fairly prominent name in the wrestling world is having his retirement match tonight in Washington D.C. Perhaps you’ve heard of him. In honor of the event, we’re posing a question today. What’s the best Portland Trail Blazers retirement you can remember? It’s a tricky question for Portland fans. […]
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After a rash of high profile Achilles tendon injuries to NBA poster children Tyrese Halliburton, Jayson Tatum and Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard, the league is proceeding with caution. John DiFiori, the NBA’s director of sports medicine, told Ben Golliver of The Washington Post the injury is rare enough that its cause remains somewhat mysterious. […]
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Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey got some bad injury news this week, as he’s out with a stress reaction in his left ankle. But for Portland Trail Blazers fans, that’s not the only interesting tidbit to be published about the massive Grizzlies center. According to this article from John Hollinger of The Athletic [subscription required] […]
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Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija is averaging 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists per game this season. He’s also exactly 25 years old. The latter stat qualifies him for ESPN’s annual 25 Best NBA Players Under 25 list. Avdija made the grade this year, coming in at #15. ESPN’s Tim Bontemps writes of […]
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You can almost put the Blazer Blahs on the calendar. It’s that time of year when the collective preseason enthusiasm about Yang Hansen being the second coming of Nikola Jokic, the possibilities of year-three-Scoot tutored by Jrue and Dame, the whispers about “training camp Shaedon,” the hopes for a well-conditioned Donovan Clingan, the optimism about […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers suffered a semi-horrific loss last night at the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans. We’ve got a column coming up in a bit from staffer Kerry Seed on the state of the team and the feelings surrounding them. Before we get there, though, a question for you. Every year there seems […]
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The unofficial start of the 2025-26 NBA Trade Season comes on Monday, December 15th. That’s the day when players signed last summer become eligible for trades, opening up the vast majority of the league to exchanges. Not so coincidentally, this is also the time when teams begin realizing their fates for the year: some in […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers finished off a five-game road trip in New Orleans Thursday night, but there was nothing particularly big or easy for the Blazers as New Orleans used a dominant fourth quarter to earn a 143-120 blowout win. The Pelicans entered the game having lost seven straight and 16 of their last 17, […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers collapsed late to drop their final game of a five-game road trip 143-120 to the New Orleans Pelicans. A brutal fourth quarter disadvantage was all it took for the Pelicans to run away with the game. Portland was led by the 21 points of Shaedon Sharpe, followed by Sidy Cissoko who […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers got a little lucky when they received their make-up games for missing the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup bracket. Their first draw was the worst team in the league, the 3-22 New Orleans Pelicans. The first half of the game is done. What will the second bring? Talk about the action with […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers got a little lucky when they received their make-up games for missing the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup bracket. Their first draw was the worst team in the league, the 3-22 New Orleans Pelicans. Tonight’s game is a chance for Portland to get back on their feet and start a winning streak […]
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The Emirates NBA Cup doesn’t always indicate who the best teams in the league for the season will be, but in 2025, the Western Conference bracket features two of the toughies. Last night in the completion of quarterfinals action for the annual tournament, the Oklahoma City Thunder crushed the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are finishing up a long road trip today with a visit to New Orleans to face the Pelicans. Both teams are coming into this game well rested while watching the Emirates NBA Cup action over the last few days. The banged up Blazers are 1-3 on this road trip, and have […]
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Many fans of the Portland Trail Blazers are under the impression that their team has been short-handed most of the current season due to injuries, but is that actually the case? The team’s injury list is required by the NBA to be accurate, so the answer to this question seems self-evident—yeah, the team has truly […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers could be paper-thin again at the center spot for their road matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday. Blazers starting center Donovan Clingan will miss his third straight game on Thursday due to a left lower leg contusion, while backup centers Robert Williams III (illness) and Yang Hansen (face contusion) […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers don’t have much to crow about during their 9-15 start to the 2025-26 season, but General Manager Joe Cronin and fellow franchise leaders might take solace in a recent article from The Athletic [subscription required]. In a leaguewide poll, the media agency asked executives to name the best front offices in […]
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The Dallas Mavericks announced some difficult news today as center Dereck Lively II exits the 2025-26 NBA season with a foot injury. Shams Charania of ESPN reports that Lively is experiencing lingering discomfort from his foot but is expected to make a full recovery. Lively has appeared in 7 games for the Mavericks this year, […]
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The Orlando Magic and New York Knicks have started a fledgling rivalry in the NBA’s Eastern Conference this year. From hard-fought games to Magic wing Desmond Bane throwing a basketball at Knicks forward OG Anunoby, sparks have flown. The teams will write another chapter this coming Saturday as both have advanced to the semi-final round […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have made offensive rebounding a key part of their identity so far this season. Whether that is by design or by nature of there being a plethora of missed shots to clean up is open for interpretation. However, what is not subjective about the offensive glass is that second-year center Donovan […]
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Deni Avdija and the Portland Trail Blazers were a hot topic of conversation on the latest episode of The Ringer NBA Show’s Group Chat podcast. At around the 18:00 mark of the show, co-hosts Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann explore the question, “Is Deni Avdija a Superstar in the Making?” Now in […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are suffering from a raft of injuries that are severely impacting their 2025-26 NBA season. Today at media availability during practice, Blazers Head Coach Tiago Splitter gave an update on the injury status of several players. Blazer’s Edge writer Conor Bergin shared the news via BlueSky. From Bergin: Tiago Splitter says […]
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