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The 2024 regular season is over, so a number of NBA teams are already looking forward to the offseason to see how they can improve for next season. Normally, the NBA Draft would be a great way to add to your roster, but the 2024 draft class is considered weaker than normal. Additionally, a number […]

Blazers forward Jerami Grant had the type of season that most fans expected when he re-signed with Portland on a 5-year/$160 million deal last June. Grant has averaged 21 points per game for the Blazers this season on 45 percent shooting from the floor. While he hasn’t matched the offensive efficiency that he displayed playing […]

The Portland Trail Blazers host the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets on Saturday night, and they could be missing some key players. In addition to Shaedon Sharpe and Malcolm Brogdon, the Blazers announced that leading scorer Anfernee Simons will miss the game due to tendinitis in his left knee. Simons has been questionable with the […]

The Portland Trail Blazers could be without a key scorer when the take on the Chicago Bulls on Monday. Blazers forward Jerami Grant is listed as doubtful with his lingering hamstring strain. Grant has missed three straight games for the Blazers, and six out of the team’s last seven. He initially suffered the injury against […]

Portland Trail Blazers star forward Jerami Grant has been ruled out for the remainder of Saturday night’s road game versus the Memphis Grizzlies due to a lower-body injury, as announced by the team via its official account on X (formerly Twitter). “INJURY UPDATE: Jerami Grant (Right Quad Soreness) will not return to tonight’s game @ […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are weighing their options heading down the stretch of the 2024 NBA trade deadline and two key names have been discussed. The Blazers’ roster is getting a little bit thin lately with Shaedon Sharpe scheduled to undergo surgery. Another recent rumor mill update stated that volume scoring guard Malcolm Brogdon prefers […]

While the majority of teams in the NBA are in the playoff picture in some capacity, one team that isn’t is the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers are 14-33 on the season with a -8.4 point differential per game and are nine games back from the tenth seed, the final spot for a play-in birth. […]

Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant has been Portland’s most consistent offensive weapon so far this season. That’s why it was concerning for Chauncey Billups and crew when Grant was forced to exit the Blazers’ loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday after only 10 minutes with lower back soreness. Grant was questionable for […]

The Portland Trail Blazers may be shorthanded on Sunday when they take on the Chicago Bulls. The Blazers released their extensive injury report ahead of Sunday’s game. Moses Brown (Left Wrist Fracture), Shaedon Sharpe (Lower Abdominal Strain), and Robert Williams III (R Knee Ligament Tear) continue to be out as expected for the Blazers. The […]

The NBA trade deadline is less than two weeks away and the Portland Trail Blazers have several needs, as well as assets to help fill those needs. While the team is struggling to win games, as expected, the Blazers are still just in the first season of what is expected to be a multi-season rebuild […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will be a team to watch out for ahead of the NBA trade deadline, as they have the looks of a deadline seller. For one, they are not going to make the NBA playoffs with their current pace, winning just 12 of their first 41 games of the season. Among the […]

Sitting at seventh in the Western Conference standings means a lot is left to be desired in Mike Brown’s Sacramento Kings system. They want to make a deep playoff push this year since they just broke the drought last season. A huge step to that would be to get the De’Aaron Fox-led squad some help […]

Sacramento Kings fans probably fell to their knees when the news dropped that the Indiana Pacers acquired Pascal Siakam from the Toronto Raptors. The Kings were reportedly engaged in Siakam trade talks with the Raptors last week. They reportedly offered a trade package centered around Harrison Barnes and Kevin Huerter in exchange for the All-NBA […]

The Dallas Mavericks will be one of the more intriguing teams to follow ahead of the NBA trade deadline. Dallas is a contender and they were originally reported to be interested in Pascal Siakam before he was traded to the Indiana Pacers. The Mavericks still may look to upgrade at the forward position, however. Dallas […]

With Pascal Siakam heading to the Indiana Pacers, the flood gates are now open for more trades to be made ahead of the NBA trade deadline, which is in exactly three weeks. As rumors continue to swirl around the league, teams are now wondering which forward could be on the move next. Portland Trail Blazers […]

The heat of the trade season just turned up a notch after the Indiana Pacers acquired Pascal Siakam from the Toronto Raptors. With Siakam now off the market, several teams who lost out in the Spicy P sweepstakes such as the Dallas Mavericks and the Sacramento Kings are now looking towards a Plan B. Jerami […]

The Portland Trail Blazers don’t have much to play for and are eyeing more ping-pong balls in the upcoming NBA draft than wins in the regular season. With the trajectory they’re going at, the Blazers are on the right track. Nonetheless, Portland still has some intriguing veterans who could otherwise become legitimate contributors on a […]

It will not be long until all 30 front offices across the league begin scrambling. Trade season has already begun and with the NBA trade deadline less than five weeks away, let the rumors and speculation begin! The Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks have already made headlines with their trade involving OG Anunoby before […]

December 15th has come and gone, which means that the majority of players who signed a contract in the offseason have become trade eligible. The remainder of those who haven’t yet become trade eligible become so on January 15th. That means that trade season in the NBA is here and deals should be coming down […]

The Portland Trail Blazers fell 118-117 to the Washington Wizards on Thursday night in another game that saw the Blazers furiously claw their way back after a slow start. But unlike Tuesday’s game against the Phoenix Suns, the Blazers fell just short against Washington. Portland had a chance to win it at the buzzer, but […]

The Portland Trail Blazers announced on Monday that forward Jerami Grant had entered concussion protocol after exiting Saturday’s loss to the Utah Jazz after butting heads with Omer Yertseven as the two battled for a rebound. Now Blazers have downgraded Grant to out ahead of Portland’s matchup with the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday. It […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons has been out since Oct 26 with a torn thumb ligament suffered during the Blazers’ season-opening loss to the Clippers. He underwent surgery the following week and has been out since then. Now the Blazers could be getting Simons back soon, according to Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report. […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are in year-one of a rebuild after trading Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks over the summer. As the team is in asset-acquisition mode after a complete teardown, it may seem strange for the Blazers to need to deal further players away. But there is one player who must be traded […]

The NBA season heats up with an in-season tournament matchup between the Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns. Our NBA odds series continues with a Trail Blazers-Suns prediction and pick. Simply put, this season has been a disaster for the Portland Trail Blazers. Although this was widely expected, Portland’s season has been on another level […]

The future is now for the Oklahoma City Thunder. With a 7-4 record through the first four weeks of the 2023-24 NBA season, Oklahoma City is off to its best start in five years. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has emerged as a legitimate All-NBA star. The Thunder have surrounded him with an intriguing young core that could […]

The Indiana Pacers are one of the early surprises of the 2023-24 NBA season. Fairly enough, a lot expected the Pacers to make a leap this season following Tyrese Haliburton’s breakout 2022-23 campaign that saw the young point guard emerge as an All-Star. However, nobody really saw Indiana sport the best offense in the NBA […]

The 2023 offseason was a “here we go again” summer for the Philadelphia 76ers after James Harden publicly denounced GM Daryl Morey and demanded a trade from the organization. Fast-forward to Week 4 of the 2023-24 NBA season, even with the Harden hullabaloo spilling into the campaign, The Beard is no longer a member of […]

Even with the team’s lack of success in recent years, Damian Lillard remained loyal to and had been the face of the Portland Trail Blazers ever since they drafted him in 2012. That finally changed this offseason, though, as Lillard requested a trade after 11 years in Portland. Lillard’s request and the drama that ensued […]

The power forward position is home to some of the most important players in the NBA. The traditional power forward was there to secure rebounds and keep possessions for their team. They did a lot of low-post scoring and around-the-rim work. Now, the power forward position is expected to do all of these things while […]

The Portland Trail Blazers may have just pulled off arguably the biggest trade in franchise history by dealing Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks in a massive three-team deal, but the work in Portland isn’t done quite yet. While Jrue Holiday was the main acquisition for the Blazers in the deal, the next move for […]

Who is the best player in the NBA? This is a question basketball fans debate every single year, and it’s one that often has no right answer. MVP candidates such as Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry and LeBron James are obviously amongst the best of the best, but one player cannot win […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ offseason is just getting started. In the aftermath of Damian Lillard’s request that he specifically be traded to the Miami Heat, the Blazers will be weighing their options on the trade front. Will they accommodate Lillard’s request, or will they hold out for the best deal possible from any team? Whatever […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are in the middle of a pivotal offseason. Many knew from the start that the Blazers were in for a huge offseason, on the clock as they were to surround Damian Lillard with the pieces necessary for the team to compete for a championship. Instead, the Blazers stood pat and selected […]

The Portland Trailblazers continue to be embroiled in headlines all NBA offseason. Coming into the summer, it was expected that the Blazers would be in the news often with rumors of a Damian Lillard trade. The latest updates are that Lillard wants to get traded to the Miami Heat, but the Blazers are open to […]

Every single offseason, new narratives are created pertaining to certain players and teams based on good things they did. It could be as simple as a player receiving a monumental raise on a new contract or even one free agency signing pushing a team over the edge as a championship contender. There wasn’t a signing […]

The Portland Trail Blazers traded for Jerami Grant during the 2022 offseason with the intention of convincing Damian Lillard that the franchise is serious about competing for a championship. While the Blazers weren’t particularly close, missing out on the playoffs after punting on the end of the season yet again, they remained adamant about wanting […]

The Portland Trail Blazers gave Jerami Grant a whopping five-year, $160 million contract to open free agency on Friday night. The next morning, Damian Lillard’s trade demand went public, leading many to wonder what would happen with Grant. Would the Blazers dare change the terms of their agreement with Lillard on his way out? ESPN’s […]

Proving to be a key contributor alongside Damian Lillard with the Portland Trail Blazers this past season, Jerami Grant is not going anywhere after signing a new contract. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Grant and the Blazers have agreed on a 5-year, $160 million deal that will keep him with Portland through the 2027-28 […]

The Detroit Pistons have a promising young core ahead of free agency, one bolstered by the addition of Ausar Thompson with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. The Pistons now have a projected starting lineup of Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, Thompson, Bojan Bogdanovic and Jalen Duren. This is a ton of […]