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Hassan Whiteside, now of the Portland Trail Blazers, sent out a subtle jab to his former team. However, the wife of Meyers Leonard has responded in defense of his husband’s new team, the Miami Heat. On Instagram, Whiteside celebrated his trade to the Blazers and boasted that he will be going to a team with […]

Shortly after being traded to the Miami Heat, Meyers Leonard posted an emotional message for the Portland Trail Blazers on Twitter. Portland, I honestly don’t even know where to begin. I moved to PDX when I was just 20 years old. I had dreams of being in the NBA and there I was, a young […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have traded center Meyers Leonard and forward Mo Harkless to the Miami Heat for center Hassan Whiteside, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Whiteside’s move to Rip City is expected to make up for the foreseeable absence of injured center Jusuf Nurkic, who saw his season end after suffering a leg fracture […]

Portland Trail Blazers center Meyers Leonard might have just fallen more in love with his wife Elle, who showcased her very own impressive basketball skills to her professional basketball player husband. Leonard posted a video on Twitter of his wife draining three-point buckets while using both hands at the same time. Okay.. this is insane. […]

Monday night’s overtime thriller brought home a ticket to the NBA Finals, as the Golden State Warriors once again came back from a 17-point deficit to stun the Portland Trail Blazers 119-117, wrapping up the sweep in four games. The defending champions had to crawl for this win, playing their starters heavy minutes in hopes […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard has been receiving a lot of heat for his performance in the Western Conference Finals that saw them got swept by the Golden State Warriors. Dame struggled mightily against the Dubs, and the fact that he failed to score at least 30 points in any of the games is […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have been swept by the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals, but they didn’t go down without a fight. The Blazers did everything they could to stave off elimination, pushing Game 4 to overtime. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough as the two-time defending champions squeaked out a 119-117 victory. One […]

Meyers Leonard is probably anonymous to all casual NBA fans, and even some more ardent followers of the league may not be all that familiar with his game. After the first half of Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, though, the Portland Trail Blazers big man was the talk of the basketball world for […]

Portland Trail Blazers center Meyers Leonard has hardly been a focal component of head coach Terry Stotts’ rotations this season. The former first-round draft pick averaged just 14.4 minutes per game in 61 appearances for the Blazers this season, and he has been averaging 13.0 minutes these playoffs Yet Leonard was named a surprise starter […]

Most headines today about the Golden State Warriors – Portland Trail Blazers series might be about how Damian Lillard has been mediocre in the Western Conference Finals thus far. Blazers big man Meyers Leonard was having none of it. He defended his All-NBA point guard and added that they have to be better in finding […]

Many believed the Portland Trail Blazers would be left on the outside looking in at the Western Conference playoffs coming into 2018-19. After Jusuf Nurkic suffered a devastating season-ending injury in late March, even more assumed that Portland’s chances of winning a first-round series went from unlikely to impossible. At every opportunity, though, the Blazers […]

The Portland Trail Blazers were in some seriously trouble early on against the Denver Nuggets. With the two teams battling it out in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday afternoon in Denver,  the Blazers finally found their stride in the second half en route to making a roaring comeback to take the […]

Denver Nuggets All-Star center Nikola Jokic took exception to a hard foul from Portland Trail Blazers center Meyers Leonard in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series on Tuesday. With a little over six minutes to go in the game (with Denver up by 20 at that point), Jokic posted up Leonard near the free […]

The Portland Trail Blazers were impressive in the first round of the playoffs, eliminating the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games to advance to the Western Conference semifinals. The team is highly motivated to make a deep run this year, especially after being swept in the opening round in each of the last two seasons. […]

Meyers Leonard is a unique kind of “talent evaluator.” He applied his abilities in the process of assessing Zach Collins, his teammate on the Portland Trail Blazers. Collins is far more mobile than most seven-footers. The Blazers’ second-year player is blessed with quick feet, long strides, and coordination normally reserved for a player several inches […]

A few members of the Portland Trailblazers had a little adventure. Damian Lillard and some teammates were stuck on an elevator for 30 minutes. Just got stuck on the elevator for 30min. Here is a portion of the time we were stuck. @zcollins_33 @Dame_Lillard @Enes_Kanter @AnferneeSimons @OneBigHaitian @thekidet @rodneyhood pic.twitter.com/3xvMHHdmTZ — Meyers Leonard (@MeyersLeonard) February […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have an interesting situation on their hands at the trade deadline, and Maurice Harkless and Meyers Leonard could be at the center of it all. With the trade deadline looming Thursday, every NBA team is looking to add to its roster, or find a way to move off some bad contracts to […]

With basketball being a contact sport, injuries often happen, as well the sight of players being highly physical during games. Saturday night was no different, as the Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers had a very competitive game, which included some players getting entangled. Trevor Ariza was one of them, as he was seen locking […]

When it comes to Thursday night’s 103-91 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks at Moda Center, it is definitely a game that the Portland Trail Blazers (13-9) quickly want to forget about. With 10:52 left in the fourth quarter and the Blazers trailing by 21, Leonard launched a 3-pointer that came up well short and received […]

Portland is a better fit for Carmelo Anthony than Houston or New York For months, Carmelo Anthony has had a home in NBA trade rumors. With the season a few months away, Carmelo being traded is becoming more likely. Of course, recent reports indicated that the New York Knicks would halt trade talks since they […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have made questionable signings throughout the past few years, so much so that they’ve actually spent just as much in three of their bench players as the Golden State Warriors have spent in their original “Big Three” of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green for the 2016-17 season. As pointed […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will be without their spark plug center Jusuf Nurkic until his re-evaluation in two weeks, the team announced on Friday night. An MRI confirmed Nurkic suffered a non-displaced fracture of the right fibula, though it is unclear when the injury took place. The 7-footer was key in Thursday’s 117-107 win over […]

For those familiar with Portland Trail Blazers forward/center Meyers Leonard, it’s no strange fact that he’s very close to his Husky dog Bella, who’s been suffering from Stage 3 kidney failure, according to The Oregonian. To honor his recovering pupper, the 6-foot-11 big man wore these custom-made socks with Bella’s face on them, matching his red […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are currently at the bottom of the NBA’s defensive ranking, and one of their biggest issues is their inability to protect the inside. They desperately need help on the inside if they plan on competing in the playoffs, and they have their sights set on Phoenix Suns center, Tyson Chandler. There […]

The ongoing beef between Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins and Portland Trail Blazers forward Meyers Leonard is piling up like Texan-style cookout. The latest chapter of their rivalry came on Tuesday night, when Cousins was ejected and then un-ejected after seemingly spitting his mouthpiece out toward the Blazers bench, landing right on the feet of a […]

Portland Trail Blazers big man Meyers Leonard might have just thrown down the best dunk of his young career. After taking a sweet pocket pass from Allen Crabbe, Leonard took air and extended, throwing down the hammer on unsuspecting Omri Casspi, who became a bypasser as he saw the forward elevate. Check it out. https://vine.co/v/5IOP5LHWxQu […]

It’s not often a player out-stages Damian Lillard, but young Meyers Leonard did so on Wednesday at the Portland Trail Blazers training camp. The fourth-year forward followed Lillard’s “Hail Mary” full-court prayer with his own his own. The result? Nothing but net. Sorry @Dame_Lillard maybe next time.. Thanks for the confidence DV ✊🏼 pic.twitter.com/yC84rova5e — […]

Newly re-signed Portland Trail Blazers center Meyers Leonard recently appeared on the Bald Faced Truth radio show with John Canzano. He discussed his thoughts on the upcoming 2016-2017 season, his teammate C.J. McCollum‘s new max contract, and why $41 million is more than enough for himself. He was recently signed to a team friendly four-year, $41 million […]

Kevin Durant, Dwyane Wade, and Dwight Howard may be off the board, but NBA free agency isn’t over yet. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, center Meyers Leonard has agreed to a 4-year, $41 million deal to stay with the Portland Trail Blazers. The 7-1 center has played four years in the league thus […]

Meyers Leonard has plenty of free time these days. Although his Portland Trail Blazers are currently in the midst of a tough series with the Golden State Warriors, Leonard won’t be a part of it—he’s out for the season due to a left shoulder injury that required surgery. Since Leonard won’t be a part of […]