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Portland Listed Among Candidates for MLB Expansion
The Portland Trail Blazers have been the big dog in the professional sports yard in the City of Roses for five decades. Portland has welcomed soccer clubs, other basketball teams, and minor-league baseball, but no NFL or MLB franchise has sidled up alongside the Blazers to satiate the town’s appetite for big-name sports. According to […]
How Did the Trail Blazers Do This Summer?
With Labor Day now past, it’s time to acknowledge that fall, September, and the ramp-up to the 2026-27 season are now upon us. It won’t be long until Media Day, training camp, and preseason games start. Acknowledging that, we’re going to update a Blazer’s Edge Mailbag question submitted back in July. Check it out. Dave, […]
Laughs or GIFs? Your Last Chance in the Best Things Ever First Round!
The final Best Things Ever first-round matchup is upon us! For those who have slept through the exercise, each day you’ll get two posts, each with two items for you to choose from. Simply select whichever you think is better, just like you were at the optometrist hearing, “A…or B?” The winners will advance in […]
Books or Kittens? Vote in the Best Things Ever First Round Here!
Our Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament has come to the very last matchups of the first round! After a day to tally votes, we will post a bracket and narrow down all of our first-round winners to an Elite Eight via the second round. Before we get there, though, one more day of voting […]
What’s Your Most Unc (or Auntie) View on Basketball?
Over the last year I’ve had the opportunity to get educated on a new generation of jargon, popularized by Gen Z and some of our younger companions on the planet. One of the most prominent words I’ve encountered is “unc”, likely because I am one at this point in my life. Stemming from the word, […]
Blazers Expected to Sign Hyun-jung Lee to Contract
The Portland Trail Blazers are expected to sign 6’7 Korean wing Hyun-jung Lee to and Exhibit 10 contract to play for the Rip City Remix this season. Rumblings across Korea and from local media personality Sean Highkin indicate that the signing is just around the corner. Lee played for the Davidson Wildcats in College, subsequently […]
What would you do with Scoot Henderson?
Since Scoot Henderson was drafted, his time in Portland has been anything other than rosy. It’s been a grind for him, after he was exposed as a rookie for not being ready to be the star his hype promoted. Whether it was being sat for turning over the ball too much, or a hamstring tear […]
Ranking the NBA’s Western Conference After a Wild Offseason
We’re officially in the dog days of one of the most blockbuster summers in NBA history. All of the major transactions have completed and with the dust settled, we can start to frame how each team stacks up. This offseason saw several brand name talents switch teams via trade or free agency, while June’s draft […]
Choose Cocoa or Circumferences in the Best Things Ever Tournament!
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Bracket has reached its penultimate day of first-round matchups. Today and tomorrow will conclude the first round of our March Madness Style Tournament to determine the Best Thing Ever in 2026, choosing from pairs of randomly-matched cool things! All you have to do each day is check out a […]
Best Things Ever: Lord of the Rings or Pizza? You choose!
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Bracket has reached its penultimate day of first-round matchups. Today and tomorrow will conclude the first round of our March Madness Style Tournament to determine the Best Thing Ever in 2026, choosing from pairs of randomly-matched cool things! All you have to do each day is check out a […]
Blazers Should Be Monitoring the Magic on the Trade Market
The Portland Trail Blazers need forward depth, length and shooting. We’ve bleated on ad nauseum about the front office’s overstocking of diminuitive guards, but how do you fix the problem? Trading one or more of said guards to a team with a similar abundance in the frontcourt would theoretically make the most sense. Granted, the […]
What Intrigues, Worries and Excites You About the Trail Blazers?
Start clearing your evening calendars again, the Portland Trail Blazers’ regular season opener on Oct. 21 is now less than 50 days away! More basketball is right around the corner in Portland, complete with all the highs and lows that accompany an 82-game NBA slate. I had the pleasure of appearing on Friday’s episode of […]
Day Tripper or Dream House in Best Things Ever Tournament?
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament continues onward today. Only two days remain in the first round! But before we get there, and get that second-round bracket set, we have a couple more choices for you to make. For those who aren’t up to speed, each day we give you two opportunities to choose […]
Best Things Ever: Cell Phones vs. Doughnuts
The first round of the Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament will conclude in just a couple days. Before we get to what’s sure to be a massive second round full of impossible matchups, we have a few preliminary matters to settle. Some heavyweights are coming out in the last days of the first round! […]
Share Your Best and Brightest Portland Trail Blazers Moment
Yesterday, in response to a struggling Trail Blazers fan, we shared a Blazer’s Edge Mailbag topic about the worst moments in franchise history. That was an interesting discussion! Thank you to everyone who responded! I really enjoyed reading the comments. Today, in an attempt to flip the script, we’re going to bring up the opposite […]
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to Step Down
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will step down from her position at the end of the current season. Shams Charania of ESPN shared the news today. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made the following statement regarding Engelbert’s departure: Cathy has presided over the WNBA through the most significant period of growth in the league’s 30-year history. We […]
Ben Simmons Returns, Signs with Sacramento Kings
Ben Simmons is returning to the NBA, signing a one-year deal with the Sacramento Kings worth $3.5 million. The news comes courtesy of ESPN. Selected with the first overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, Simmons found himself mired in controversy. He won NBA Rookie of the Year in 2017 and […]
Does Kissing Rank as One of the Best Things Ever?
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament is down to the last few matchups of the first round! For those not in the know, over the last couple weeks—in addition to our usual coverage—we’ve been filling the slow time in NBA Summer with a series of polls. Each post lines up two good things against […]
Best Things Ever Tournament: Great Song vs. Great Eats
The Blazer’s Edge Best Things Ever Tournament is down to the last few matchups of the first round! For those not in the know, over the last couple weeks—in addition to our usual coverage—we’ve been filling the slow time in NBA Summer with a series of polls. Each post lines up two good things against […]
What’s the Worst Event or Moment in Trail Blazers History?
Portland Trail Blazers history stretches across more than five decades, encompassing several generations. The franchise has had plenty of highs: winning the NBA Championship in 1977, returning to the NBA Finals in 1990, a Perfect First Quarter against the San Antonio Spurs in 1990-91, winning the 2007 NBA Draft Lottery, selecting Clyde Drexler in 1983 […]
Trail Blazers Owners Appear to be United on Moda Center Deal
Though the midsummer fervor has calmed down, negotiations between the Portland Trail Blazers and local government entities regarding the Moda Center arena—the Trail Blazers’ home—are scheduled to continue between now and the end of the year. December 31st is the theoretical deadline for the sides to reach an agreement on funding renovation of the building […]
NBA Goes Nuclear on Clippers for Kawhi Leonard Infractions
After a year-long investigation, the NBA has handed down sanctions against Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers for improper payments received by Leonard by multiple companies in exchange for endorsements which never happened. Shams Charania of ESPN broke the news, with Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic providing important, augmenting details about the massive punishment […]
Vote for the Best Thing Ever: Tie Fighters or Tying the Knot?
The Blazer’s Edge Best Thing Ever Tournament is offering one of the toughest choices possible today. For those who haven’t caught up yet, this is a March Madness style bracket of completely random, yet honestly pretty good, things matched up against each other. The extensive first round will whittle 64 Good Things down to 32. […]
Best Things Ever Day 12: Rap or Ice Cream?
The first round of the Best Things Ever Tournament at Blazer’s Edge is rounding the pole into the final stretch. For those unfamiliar. each day we offer two posts, each one giving you a choice between two good things. The selections are random, unrelated to each other or anything. You just choose one, vote for […]
Pick One Blazer, Improve One Thing…What Do You Choose?
The Portland Trail Blazers have an interesting mix of players on their 2026-27 roster. Donovan Clingan, Scoot Henderson, and Yang Hansen are still on rookie-scale contracts, looking to establish themselves. Veterans stars Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday will make a mark one way or another. Ja Morant is trying to reclaim past glory. Deni Avdija […]
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