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LeBron James is pumped that his “Banana Boat” buddy Carmelo Anthony is back in the league with the Portland Trail Blazers. After agreeing with Dwyane Wade’s earlier tweet, who claimed it was “about damn time” Melo made it back to the NBA, James couldn’t hide his excitement as he went on an Instagram stories spree. […]

Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade is finally relieved that his good friend Carmelo Anthony — now of the Portland Trail Blazers — has found a team. Via Twitter, Wade shared the good news and his reaction to it: It’s about damn time‼️ https://t.co/6A3wDbbrQ2 — DWade (@DwyaneWade) November 15, 2019 Anthony was one of the biggest […]

Carmelo Anthony is now part of the Portland Trail Blazers. But just two months ago, Damian Lillard told the world that ‘he ain’t coming here.’ During an interview with NBA on ESPN, Lillard shared that they’ve been trying to get Anthony to no avail. " … he ain't coming here." –Dame Lillard after two summers […]

The Portland Trail Blazers is the latest team to try and revive Carmelo Anthony’s NBA career, as the two parties have reportedly agreed on a non-guaranteed deal on Thursday. The 10-time All-Star and former scoring champion last played in an official NBA game in November last year. The high-scoring forward will team up with one […]

10-time All-Star Carmelo Anthony is signing a non-guaranteed deal with the Portland Trail Blazers. According to salary cap guru Albert Nahmad and ESPN front office insider Bobby Marks, here’s how the money works with Anthony’s deal with the Blazers: Anthony will effectively cost the Blazers $51,000 per day. Anthony will earn $14,490 per day while […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar point guard Damian Lillard was notified on the potential of adding Carmelo Anthony on Wednesday and he made it clear that he’s always been supportive of bringing in the future Hall-of-Famer, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. Anthony is signing a non-guaranteed deal with the Blazers. Damian Lillard was notified […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are reportedly set to sign free agent Carmelo Anthony, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Many NBA fans had been wondering if Anthony would play in the league again, and it seems that the Blazers are set to add him to the roster. Deal is non-guaranteed, per source. https://t.co/9o6mmiXSNN — Adrian Wojnarowski […]

On Wednesday, the Portland Trail Blazers suffered another disappointing defeat, this time at the hands of the defending champs, the Toronto Raptors, 114-106. That’s now back-to-back losses for the Blazers, following a 107-99 defeat against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday. What’s even worse is the fact that the team has lost all but one out […]

Orlando Magic veteran forward Al-Farouq Aminu has recently opened up about his summer move away from the Portland Trail Blazers — the team that he had spent the past four seasons with. According to Aminu, it wasn’t actually that hard parting ways with his former team simply because most of the guys he had grown […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have gotten off to a puzzling 4-8 start to the 2019-20 season, but nothing was more head-scratching than seeing Damian Lillard snap a 230-game streak scoring in double figures on Wednesday. Lillard entered the game averaging 32.5 points over the first 11 games, trailing only James Harden of the Houston Rockets (38.2). But […]

In the young 2019-20 season, the Portland Trail Blazers’ chances at winning the title are being downplayed yet again by various analysts. Star guard Damian Lillard is not surprised by this reality. Per NBA TV, Lillard shared his thoughts on the matter. This is not new to him. After all, people have underestimated them almost […]

When the Portland Trail Blazers announced they had acquired Hassan Whiteside from the Miami Heat this past offseason, Rip City was hoping they had an effective fill-in for the injured Jusuf Nurkic. Several games into the season, Whiteside’s fit is still being questioned. The big man is averaging a double-double with 14.9 points and 13.1 […]

Superstars such as Damian Lillard leaving their franchises to team up with other great players and form “superteams” has become the norm in the modern NBA. Just this offseason, we’ve seen Anthony Davis jumped ship from New Orleans to join LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, while California natives Paul George and Kawhi Leonard […]

Portland Trail Blazers guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum are first and second, respectively, in minutes per game this season. Lillard is averaging 38.6 minutes per game and McCollum is playing 37.7. In the load management era, some would say that’s too many minutes for the Blazers’ two best players. However, McCollum believes he and […]

Portland Trail Blazers big man Zach Collins thinks he’ll be able to return this season despite undergoing left shoulder surgery. Collins underwent successful surgery to repair his left labrum last week. He will begin a treatment and rehabilitation process and be re-evaluated in approximately four months. “For sure, it’s very realistic.” — Zach @zcollins_33 on […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are already missing some key players in their rotation, and it’s highly possible that more are on their way to the sidelines. Jason Quick of The Athletic reports that Hassan Whiteside, Rodney Hood, and Skal Labissiere are all questionable for their game versus the Atlanta Hawks. Blazers list Hassan Whiteside (foot […]

Portland Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard wants to get one thing straight: center Hassan Whiteside is a “good dude” and not a locker room cancer. Lillard is trying to help Whiteside become the best version of himself. Whiteside was ripped on national television by the TNT halftime crew on Thursday. Shaquille O’Neal and […]

It was a memorable evening for Portland Trail Blazers cornerstone superstar Damian Lillard, as he produced an historic performance against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night. The 6-foot-2 point guard torched the Nets for a career-high 60-point performance (19-of-33 from the floor, 15-of-15 from the line, along with seven treys, for rebounds, and five assists), […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar point guard Damian Lillard put forth one of, if not the best offensive performances of his entire career on Friday, as he torched the Brooklyn Nets for a career-high 60 points. Unfortunately for Lillard, his heroics were invalidated by the Nets, who still emerged victorious in the tightly-contested matchup, 119-115. Following […]

Draymond Green is in line to miss his fourth straight game this season after dealing with a torn ligament in his finger, and Western Conference opponents expect him to be expeditiously cautious about when he returns. The West has been long awaiting the Golden State Warriors’ vulnerability, and now they’ve found it’s time to unload […]

The Golden State Warriors had been a juggernaut for the past five years, but the reckoning stemming from Kevin Durant’s departure was the day awaited by many, including Portland Trail Blazers wing Rodney Hood. Hood admits the Warriors were good before Durant joined them, but once he did, he made them unstoppable. “Obviously, they were […]

Hassan Whiteside had a bone to pick with his critics. Following a 107-101 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Portland Trail Blazers center addressed criticism from the likes of Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal. “I expect Shaq to diss. Dame killed him in the rap battle. So we ain’t going to hear anything positive […]

Damian Lillard was truly displeased with the free-throw disparity on Thursday night’s 107-101 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers paraded to the foul line nearly twice as much as the Portland Trail Blazers, which prompted the All-Star guard to say the following: “It seems like everything we did was a foul tonight,” said […]

Hassan Whiteside wasn’t too peeved when he heard about TNT analysts Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal criticism of him in the Portland Trailblazers’ 101-107 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday. The pair of Hall of Famers called out Whiteside during  Inside the NBA’s halftime segment for his supposed lackluster performance in the first […]

It was a bitter game for the Portland Trail Blazers as they fell short to the Los Angeles Clippers. It was a game they felt they could have won despite playing against a rested Kawhi Leonard on the Clippers. Head coach Terry Stotts made an obvious observation that can easily be taken as a jab […]

Win the LA Clippers’ win over the Trail Blazers on Thursday, Doc Rivers just notched his 900th win as a head coach. Check out the all-time winning list below, per NBA. 👏 Congrats to Doc Rivers of the @LAClippers for earning his 9⃣0⃣0⃣th win! pic.twitter.com/Bg5CO05Evn — NBA (@NBA) November 8, 2019 Rivers started his head […]

The Los Angeles Clippers can always count on “Sweet Lou” Williams when they need buckets in crucial situations, and he delivered once more against the Portland Trail Blazers. With superstar Kawhi Leonard being blanketed closely in the dying seconds of the Clips’ 107-101 home victory against the Blazers on Thursday, Lou Williams decided to take […]

Hassan Whiteside is the latest NBA player to get ridiculed by TNT analyst Charles Barkley. During the Inside the NBA halftime segment of the Portland Trailblazers versus Los Angeles Clippers game on Thursday, fellow analyst Kenny Smith asked the panel if they think Whiteside knows what his strengths are. “Going to the bank twice a […]

LA Clippers forward Patrick Patterson took an inadvertent kick from Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum as the latter went up for a fadeaway jump shot. Check out the incident below per Dime. Wow… Patterson took a kick to the face and he's still down. Under review. https://t.co/qNeb4iaTYC — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) November 8, 2019 McCollum […]

Portland Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard unleashed a hesitation move en route to a slam dunk against the LA Clippers. Hesi and the Hammer for Dame Lillard 🔨 pic.twitter.com/gIUjw937td — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 8, 2019 Lillard was trying to get his team back in the game. They were down by double digits in a […]

The Portland Trail Blazers finally seemed to make a breakthrough during the 2019 NBA Playoffs. The Trail Blazers defeated a tough Oklahoma City Thunder team and the second-seeded Denver Nuggets to reach the Western Conference Finals. Though they were once again dispatched by the Golden State Warriors, the deep run could not be ignored. Indeed, […]

Brooklyn Nets All-Star center DeAndre Jordan is questionable to face the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday. Jordan sprained his right ankle on Monday versus the New Orleans Pelicans. He was limited at Thursday’s practice: DeAndre Jordan is questionable for tomorrow in Portland. #Nets #Blazers — Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) November 7, 2019 If Jordan doesn’t play […]

Despite improving their roster from last season and cementing their star backcourt in place with extensions for Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, the Portland Trail Blazers have the highest payroll in the NBA and are bound for luxury tax hell in the coming months unless some changes are made. Following an unconvincing 3-4 start to […]

Hassan Whiteside has no ill feelings when it comes to his former team, the Miami Heat. The Portland Trail Blazers starting center had a falling out with the organization in his last two seasons, as he recovered from a slew of injuries and tried to regain his starting spot. He was finally traded to the […]

It’s still early in the NBA this season, but five teams have distinguished themselves as disappointing, either due to their record, circumstances surrounding the franchise, or injuries. 5. Golden State Warriors What a bummer. The Golden State Warriors had a considerably lower ceiling in 2019-20 following Kevin Durant’s departure and Klay Thompson’s ostensibly season-ending ACL […]

The Portland Trail Blazers announced Tuesday that big man Zach Collins will miss at least four months after undergoing shoulder surgery. Collins underwent successful surgery to repair his left labrum. He will begin a treatment and rehabilitation process and be re-evaluated in approximately four months. In the first three games of the season, Collins averaged 9.0 […]

With the Golden State Warriors’ platoon of All-Stars out due to various injuries, it was time for the team to embrace the “Next Man Up” mantra. Eric Paschall heeded that call on his birthday, exploding for a career-high 36 points on 11-for-19 shooting from the field, leading the Warriors to a 127-118 victory over the […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ already thin frontline took a hit on Monday, as the team announced that Zach Collins will be sidelined for months for a labral repair in his left shoulder. Per Dwight Jaynes of NBC Sports: League sources have confirmed to NBC Sports that Trail Blazer big man Zach Collins, who is supposed to […]

NBA fans aren’t the only ones surprised at how quickly things have come apart at the seams for the Golden State Warriors. After losing Kevin Durant in free agency, Klay Thompson to an ACL tear, Stephen Curry to a broken hand and Draymond Green to an injury to a ligament in his finger, players are […]