Former NBA champion Chauncey Billups holds a unique record in the NBA. He is the only player to have a winning record against Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James.
Jason Quick from The Athletic weighs in. The long NBA offseason is nearing it’s close. The Portland Trail Blazers will host their NBA Media Day within 24 hours.
Bleacher Report zeroes in on two deals Portland signed this summer. After general manager Joe Cronin’s remodeling of the roster, the Portland Trail Blazers sit under the luxury tax with their salary books the cleanest they’ve been in years.
Damian Lillard is a fan of WWE. He once partnered with Ric Flair for a colorway of his Adidas Dame 7s, released a run of Dame 6s with a “Dame 3:16” motif to pay tribute to the Texas Rattlesnake, and was even a downloadable character in WWE 2K Battlegrounds.
February’s trade deadline marked a much-needed change in direction for the Portland Trail Blazers. General Manager Joe Cronin used last February’s trade deadline to shift course for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Sen. Wyden wants the WNBA to return to Portland. There’s a lot of buzz around basketball in the Rose City, and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is chiming in. Wyden penned a letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver and WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert about the current state of affairs of basketball in Portland.
Sen. Wyden wants the WNBA to return to Portland. There’s a lot of buzz around basketball in the Rose City, and Sen. Rob Wyden (D-Ore.) is chiming in. Wyden penned a letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver and WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert about the current state of affairs of basketball in Portland.
View the original article to see embedded media. The Portland Trail Blazers have signed five-year NBA veteran Wesley Iwundu to a training camp deal, the team announced on Friday.
Iwundu, 27, has appeared in 226 regular season games for the Magic, Mavericks, Pelicans and Hawks since being selected 33rd overall in the 2017 draft.
Iwundu last played for the Atlanta Hawks. The Portland Trail Blazers are adding another player to their roster just days away from training camp. According to Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian, the Blazers are signing veteran Wes Iwundu to a training camp deal.
Chauncey Billups praised Damian Lillard's loyalty and believes he is from a generation that had a lot of loyal players. The Portland Trail Blazers were one of the top teams during the late 2010s.
The Pacers have made some changes to their training camp roster.
Danny and Brandon prep you for the new season with the Jacked Ramsays. Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they help get you ready for the the 2022-23 NBA season with the Portland Trail Blazers by answering all the questions you have before mini camp opens up September 27th.
Fans can see an intra-squad scrimmage for free on October 14th. Portland Trail Blazers Fan Fest 2022 will be held on Friday, October 14th at 7:00 PM. The Trail Blazers issued a press release announcing the event, sponsored by Daimler Truck North America.
The three spot looks likely to be a platoon as Portland’s season starts. The Portland Trail Blazers’ starting lineup heading into the 2022-23 season is fairly well established, with Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons in the backcourt, and Jerami Grant and Jusuf Nurkic holding down the frontcourt.
A reader wants to return to the era of unselfishness instead of superstars. We examine. Damian Lillard is the heart and soul of the Portland Trail Blazers.
Thompson had spent the last four seasons serving as head coach of the Virginia women’s basketball team.
LaMelo Ball will be backed up next season by a fellow former top-ten pick. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported on Wednesday that veteran guard Dennis Smith Jr.
The ninth overall pick in the 2017 draft, Smith averaged 15.2 PPG and 5.2 APG in 69 games (29.7 MPG) as a rookie in Dallas.
Portland’s All-Star falls in the annual rankings. The annual ESPN Rankings of NBA Players may give Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard a little extra motivation headed into the 2022-23 NBA season.
The former Blazer big is headed to Salt Lake City, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania and Tony Jones Former Portland Trail Blazers big man Cody Zeller has agreed to a deal to join the Utah Jazz for the upcoming season, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania and Tony Jones.
Damian Lillard's success in getting drafted to the NBA helped him convince his mother to quit her job. Damian Lillard is one of the best NBA players in the world right now, but he wasn't always supposed to have made it this far.
Zeller has averaged 8.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in 22.2 minutes through 494 NBA games.
The 29-year-old center spent eight seasons with the Hornets, averaging 11.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game in 2019-20 at his peak.
Portland Trail Blazers guard Gary Payton II underwent an offseason procedure in July to repair a core muscle injury, the team announced Friday. The Trail Blazers said Payton's rehab is going well and that he should make a full recovery by the start of the season.
The Trail Blazers are signing forward/center Devontae Cacok to an Exhibit 10 training camp contract, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. This news follows the announcement that the team had waived center Norvel Pelle, seemingly making room for another big man at camp.
The Trail Blazers have waived center Norvel Pelle, general manager Joe Cronin announced in a press release. This after he had signed an Exhibit 10 contract back in early August.
Nurkic and the 46th-ranked Bosnia and Herzegovina pulled off a 96-90 double-overtime victory over France.
We are counting down five of the most bizarre Trail Blazer moments that many of us might have forgotten about or been too young to remember. 5. Vernon Maxwell punches a fan It was February 6, 1995, when Rockets’ shooting guard Vernon Maxwell, aka “Mad Max,” decided to take matters into his own hands.
Payton won’t have to wait long before facing his former team for the first time since signing a three-year, $29M contract with the Trail Blazers in free agency.
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