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Deandre Ayton is viewing the Phoenix Suns-Portland Trail Blazers preseason affair on Monday as any other game. Ayton, who of course previously played for Phoenix before getting traded as part of the Damian Lillard deal this past offseason, has already thrown shade at his old team. He did it again on Monday before his return […]

Since he was taken by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2023 NBA Draft, Scoot Henderson has been placed in a difficult position. He was bombarded with Damian Lillard trade questions upon his arrival to the NBA, which took the focus away from his ample promise. Now, it is on him to bring the franchise […]

It’s always a sobering reminder of how fast time flies whenever it’s time for teenagers who grew up watching the likes of LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry to enter the league. It’s a surreal moment for these youngsters to finally share an NBA court with those living legends, with Portland Trail Blazers rookie […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will have to wait on the preseason debut of center Robert Williams III. Williams was traded to the Blazers along with Malcolm Brogdon and multiple picks by the Boston Celtics in exchange for Jrue Holiday, whom the Blazers had acquired in the Damian Lillard trade. Recently, Blazers coach Chauncey Billups announced […]

Ever since he signed an offer sheet with the Indiana Pacers in 2022, it seemed like Deandre Ayton’s departure from the Phoenix Suns was inevitable. This offseason, Ayton finally got his wish of getting a fresh start, as he was included in the blockbuster Damian Lillard trade, going from the Suns to the Portland Trail […]

The writing was on the wall for Damian Lillard’s tenure in Rip City form the moment the Portland Trail Blazers drafted Scoot Henderson. The Blazers, after all, know full well that putting another small guard next to Lillard isn’t a winning recipe, and it’s extremely rare for even a prospect of Henderson’s esteemed caliber to […]

The 2023-24 Rookie of the Year award race will be a sight to behold, with three candidates looking like they’ll be fighting to the death for the acclaim until season’s end. The three favorites to take home the award are San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, Oklahoma City Thunder big man Chet Holmgren, and Portland […]

All offseason long, it seemed like a matter of time before Damian Lillard was going to be traded to the Miami Heat. With Tyler Herro, draft picks, and other talent to offer up, the Heat appeared to be in the driver’s seat to acquire the Portland Trail Blazers’ All-Star guard. Portland, however, appeared to have […]

Damian Lillard. You likely heard that name a lot during the NBA offseason. It certainly wasn’t the first summer where Lillard was mentioned in trade rumors. It was, however, the first time Lillard requested to be dealt away from the Portland Trail Blazers. As a result, there were no shortage of various rumors, storylines, and […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ rebuilding efforts are off to a flying start, as the front office has managed to trade Damian Lillard for a package centered on Jrue Holiday and Deandre Ayton, then they flipped Holiday for even more assets, including Malcolm Brogdon. Now, it stands to reason that, given the Blazers’ emphasis on youth […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will be looking very different in season 2023-24. After a long, arduous summer waiting to find out if their star of the past decade, Damian Lillard, would find a new home, he was eventually sent to the Bucks in exchange for Jrue Holiday – who was subsequently shipped to the Celtics. […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are hoping for magic this season behind a young core of players that could mesh surprisingly well together. The Blazers added Robert Williams in the offseason but he may be traded to make way for new pieces to the puzzle. Williams’ trade from the Celtics to the Blazers led to a […]

With Damian Lillard gone, all eyes are on Scoot Henderson as the Portland Trail Blazers embark on official preparations for 2023-24. The rookie point guard isn’t the team’s only young building block turning heads at Blazers training camp in Santa Barbara, though. Coach Chauncey Billups loves what he’s seen from sophomore guard Shaedon Sharpe so […]

Even though they recently traded face of the franchise Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks, better days may be yet to come for the Portland Trail Blazers franchise. The Blazers’ rebuild is off to a flying start; in addition to getting as good of a return as it gets for their former star, they’re also […]

The Portland Trail Blazers recently made national headlines when they traded away longtime franchise cornerstone Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks. Although the end of the Lillard saga will certainly spell the beginning of a rebuilding era for the Blazers, the team may already have their guard of the future in 2023 draftee Scoot Henderson. […]

The Damian Lillard trade saga finally ended last week, and has sprouted multiple tentacles as a result. The first of which was the blockbuster itself, which saw the Portland Trail Blazers trade their franchise icon to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team trade that netted the Blazers Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, an unprotected […]

Tyler Herro of the Miami Heat was in the headlines a lot this summer as the Heat negotiated with the the Portland Trail Blazers to try to complete a trade for Damian Lillard that never came to fruition, and at media day, he was asked about being involved in those rumors. “I’m not gonna say […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are officially heading into a brand new direction after trading franchise star Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks last week. At Media Day on Monday, both Joe Cronin and Chauncey Billups spoke out on the blockbuster for the first time. All quotes via Sean Highkin: “I want to open up thanking […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have a completely new look this season after the departure of Damian Lillard, and their new center Deandre Ayton, who they acquired in the three-team deal with Lillard involving the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns, is super motivated to change the narrative on him this season. “I have accomplished a lot […]

The Portland Trail Blazers front office appears to have stumbled upon a trick that longtime players of NBA 2K’s MyLEAGUE game mode have used over the years — trade players with tons of value for players who could bring back even more assets, rinse and repeat. This was exactly what Joe Cronin and company did […]

The Portland Trail Blazers front office, led by general manager Joe Cronin, finally traded away Damian Lillard, but not to the Miami Heat. Instead, they dealt him to the highest bidder, the Milwaukee Bucks, for a package headlined by Jrue Holiday, the two-time All-Star and one of the best defensive guards in the association. This […]

Center Robert Williams III was getting ready for a big year with the Boston Celtics. He was finally healthy and appeared good to go for training camp and beyond. Yet, with just a few weeks left in the offseason, Williams was involved in a massive trade that’ll send him to the Portland Trail Blazers in […]

It’s been a big few days for the Portland Trail Blazers. After they at long last secured a trade for one of the greatest players to ever don their jersey in Damian Lillard, they moved on Jrue Holiday – who they secured in the Lillard trade – and acquired Malcolm Brogdon in the process. They’ve […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have gotten quite the haul for Damian Lillard following the trade. The initial trade saw the Blazers get Jrue Holiday and DeAndre Ayton in return for Lillard and Jusuf Nurkic. However, it was widely expected that Portland would deal Holiday to a contender to recoup more draft picks. It hasn’t even […]

The Boston Celtics have completed a trade for star point guard Jrue Holiday from the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Celtics traded Malcolm Brogdon, Robert Williams, a 2024 first-round pick (via Golden State), and an unprotected 2029 first-round pick to the Blazers in exchange for Jrue Holiday. The Celtics are […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have dominated NBA headlines this week, first with their shocking Damian Lillard trade involving the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns, and then following that up by trading Jrue Holiday to the Boston Celtics. The Blazers’ goal during this entire ordeal has been to get young pieces and draft picks. Now that […]

Damian Lillard has officially arrived in Milwaukee. The former Portland Trail Blazers star was recently dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of a three-team trade. On Saturday, he made his first appearance in the city following the blockbuster trade. Video from the Bucks, via ClutchPoints. Damian Lillard has arrived in Milwaukee for the first […]

There’s a real world where Damian Lillard could have been reporting to training camp on Monday as a member of the Brooklyn Nets. With trade talks between the Portland Trail Blazers and his top destination, the Miami Heat, going nowhere, Lillard instructed his agent to inform the Nets and Milwaukee Bucks he was interested in […]

Jrue Holiday turned 33 in June and has already openly mulled retirement—a possibility he’s since squashed. The two-time All-Star is also set to be a free agent next summer, no doubt planning to decline the player option on his current contract in favor of one last long-term, big-money deal before his extended prime turns into […]

The Philadelphia 76ers would probably love to find a way to turn James Harden into Jrue Holiday. Just don’t expect the Sixers to make it happen. Despite speculation of a three-way trade that would put Jrue Holiday on the Sixers and Harden on the Los Angeles Clippers, no such deal appears to be on the […]

When Damian Lillard first made his trade request to Joe Cronin and the Portland Trail Blazers, he made it clear he wanted to go to the Miami Heat. However, Cronin and the Blazers didn’t love what the Heat had to offer if they weren’t including one of their stars. There was little movement on the […]

Portland Trail Blazers fans knew they were likely going into NBA training camp without Damian Lillard, but looking to the future can still be agonizing regardless. There are many who believe the seven-time All-Star was not given the supporting cast he deserved over his 11-year tenure in Rip City, which can make it difficult to […]

Several teams have expressed interest in acquiring Jrue Holiday from the Portland Trail Blazers following the Damian Lillard blockbuster that sent the seven-time All-Star to the Milwaukee Bucks. One team that emerged as a potential suitor is the Dallas Mavericks. There were several players who moved addresses during Wednesday’s blockbuster deal that finally ended the […]

Former Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton’s time in the Valley ended Wednesday when the team traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers. Ayton was selected No. 1 overall by the Suns in the 2018 NBA Draft. He and the team reached the 2021 NBA Finals and won a franchise-best 64 games in 2021-22. Ayton is […]

For the majority of the 2022-23 NBA season, the Portland Trail Blazers were in contention for a playoff spot or play-in spot. With the roster they had compared to the rest of the Western Conference, that was a huge testament to how good Damian Lillard is. As the season began to wind down, however, the […]

The Milwaukee Bucks made a trade recently that could become the story of the entire 2023-2024 NBA season. The Bucks added Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers in a move that has led to mixed feelings for the team’s foremost superstar, Giannis Antetokounmpo. Antetokounmpo and Lillard have already made NBA history before taking the […]

A painful day-and-a-half for Portland Trail Blazers fans just got infinitely worse. Damian Lillard, who was dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks in an earth-shattering move Wednesday afternoon, said he tried to rescind his trade request but was rebuffed by general manager Joe Cronin, per Chris Haynes of TNT and Bleacher Report. Whoa. Just when NBA […]

Damian Lillard is finally waving farewell to a long and legendary stint with the Portland Trail Blazers. He is now headed to team up with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton in search of his NBA title with the Milwaukee Bucks. A new change of scenery and culture is looming for one of the best point […]

When Damian Lillard first asked for a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers early in the offseason, he made it clear that his desired destination was the Miami Heat. Throughout his whole career, Lillard had professed his desire to remain with the Blazers despite outside calls from fans and media alike to push for a […]