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When the Portland Trail Blazers signed Javonte Cooke before the start of the regular season, he became only the second active NBA player to have played all four years of college basketball at a Division 2 school. The only other current player to have played D2 for all of his college career is Brooklyn Nets […]

After the Oklahoma City Thunder’s eight-point win (123-115) against the Portland Blazers, coach Mark Daigneault reacted to Deni Avdija’s 23 free-throw attempts amid a 31-point performance. In the same game, Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded his 93rd consecutive 20-point game. Daigneault, who in the past has referred to officiating as something beyond his control, explained […]

Deni Avdija had a career night that unfortunately went to waste in the Portland Trail Blazers’ matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night. Avdija is going through the sixth season of his NBA career, his second with the Trail Blazers. Since coming over from Washington, he has bloomed into a star as he’s […]

The Portland Trail Blazers entered this season searching for bright spots, and Toumani Camara has delivered one with a twist that feels almost old-school. He has quietly become one of the team’s most fascinating storylines as he chases an NBA record built on toughness, not theatrics. Toumani Camara’s anti-flop discipline has turned into a real […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have had a roster loaded with stars for years now. It never seems to quite pan out, though, largely because the team always seems to catch the injury bug at the wrong time. Last year, they were surprisingly productive for much of the year despite their flaws, but it still resulted […]

The Portland Trail Blazers set out to contend for the 2025-26 season, as evidenced by their trade for Jrue Holiday, a win-now move for a veteran guard. They currently have an 8-10 record at the time of writing, which has them in ninth place in the Western Conference. That is good enough for a play-in […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard may be sidelined due to an Achilles injury, but he has made sure to remain productive, especially when it comes to making an impact in the community. In February, he launched the Damian Lillard Scholars Program to help high school students in the Bay Area get into Portland State […]

The Portland Trail Blazers snapped out of their recent slide Monday night with a strong 115-103 win over the struggling Milwaukee Bucks, but it wasn’t just Jerami Grant’s season-high 35 points that had fans talking. A lighthearted moment on the broadcast featuring forward Deni Avdija turned into an unexpected highlight of the night. Midway through […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Despite the list of injures that’s plagued the Portland Blazers — headlined by Damian Lillard’s season-long recovery — veteran Jrue Holiday sees a team on a path toward success. Following a 122-95 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, a team the Blazers beat on November 5, handing the defending champion its only […]

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty to charges of wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy at a Brooklyn federal courthouse on Monday morning. This course of action was anticipated, as the 2024 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and 2004 NBA Finals MVP has maintained his innocence since being arrested […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have been without their head coach, Chauncey Billups, for most of the season after he was arrested on sports betting charges. The latest news pertaining to Billups is that he plans to plead not guilty to the charges, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. “A source told me that Chauncey Billups will […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will look to keep their NBA Cup in-season tournament hopes alive on Friday night when they face the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center in San Francisco, but they may be doing so with a heavily depleted roster. Multiple key players appear on Portland’s latest injury report ahead of the matchup, […]

In the Bulls’ thrilling 122-121 victory over the Trail Blazers, an HBCU star made his debut. Former Winston-Salem State guard Javonte Cooke logged minutes for the Blazers in their bid to score another key victory. He finished the game with four points, one assist, and a steal. The moment, though brief, is huge for both […]

The Portland Trail Blazers (6-7) have had an uneven campaign to this point, dropping four of their last five games after starting 4-2, but Jrue Holiday has been a welcome addition to the team. He is bringing offensive stability and a wealth of hoops wisdom to Rip City, seamlessly reestablishing himself as a trusted scoring […]

The Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns are set to go head-to-head on Tuesday night. Jrue Holiday is among the Blazers listed on the NBA injury report, however. Holiday is one of the better players on the Trail Blazers and Portland would obviously love to have him on the floor. The veteran guard is currently […]

The Phoenix Suns have won four of their last five games and will now look to return to winning ways when they take on the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center in Portland on Tuesday. Up 8-6 for the season, Devin Booker and co. take on a team that has struggled thus far. The Trail […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have a real ace in Deni Avdija. Currently, he is averaging 26.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game. However, he came up woefully short when the game was on the line against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. With the seconds ticking down and the game tied at 118, Avdija […]

Basketball is a star-driven sport. A lot of the best players in the NBA have been doing their thing for quite some time now. LeBron James, for example, has been in the NBA for a record 23 seasons. Despite the presence of proven stars, talent emerges out of nowhere every season. During the early part […]

Houston Rockets All-Star Kevin Durant’s impressive start to 2025-26 continued with a 30-point performance in Friday’s 140-116 win against the Portland Blazers. The Rockets have won eight of their last nine games and improved to 8-1 as Durant’s 30 points led seven players in double figures. Durant was efficient, going 12-for-19 from the floor, including […]

It’s a week of reunions at the Toyota Center for the Houston Rockets. The headline on Wednesday was the return of former first-round pick Cam Whitmore. But the more meaningful reunion arrives Friday night, when Tiago Splitter returns to Houston. Splitter, who played in the NBA from 2010-17, is now the interim head coach for […]

The Portland Trail Blazers visited the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday at Smoothie King Center, and Shaedon Sharpe made sure to give the fans a special treat. The Trail Blazers got off to a strong start, outscoring the Pelicans in the first quarter, 30-25. New Orleans, however, returned the favor in the second frame to […]

The game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday got heated early as Jerami Grant and Yves Missi got into a scuffle in the second quarter at Smoothie King Center. After Trey Murphy missed his three-point attempt, Grant and Missi battled for the rebound. They locked arms under the basket, […]

Isaiah Hartenstein and the Oklahoma City Thunder cemented their best start in franchise history at 8-0. After a 121-119 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, Hartenstein addressed what led his team to cough up a 22-point lead. On the second night of a back-to-back on the road, the shorthanded Thunder nearly erased an eight-point deficit […]

The NBA had a meeting with the Congressional committee in the wake of the FBI indictments of Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and Damon Jones. During the meeting, there were some important people absent, on which included commissioner Adam Silver, according to Marc Stein. “Neither Adam Silver nor deputy commissioner Mark Tatum were in attendance today, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers snapped the Oklahoma City Thunder’s perfect record as defending champions in a 121-119 win that went down to the wire at the Moda Center. Amid injuries the Blazers continued their impressive start with possibly their best performance yet. Portland erased a 22-point deficit, but with 2:48 left, nearly coughed up an […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s 8-0 record is its best start in team history, following a 126-107 win against the Los Angeles Clippers, but will finish a back-to-back without Chet Holmgren and Lu Dort against the Portland Trail Blazers. If the Thunder want to extend its historic regular-season start to 9-0, it’ll have to do it […]

On the 27th of April, Damian Lillard ruptured his Achilles during the Milwaukee Bucks’ Game 4 loss to the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. An injury of that kind requires quite the lengthy recovery process, leading to an extended absence. This was something the Bucks could not afford, considering […]

Don’t sleep on the this year’s Portland Trail Blazers, who handed Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors their first lost of the regular season. They also hold the fourth-best record (4-2) in the Western Conference, as the up-and-coming squad are making strides. Blazers’ Shaedon Sharpe could have a breakout season and the same could […]

Nikola Jokic turned a routine rebound into a Hail Mary. Off a scrum under Denver’s rim, the Denver Nuggets star uncorked a full-court dime to Peyton Watson in stride, the kind of quarterback heave that would make Bo Nix grin. The clip rocketed around social feeds as Denver and the Portland Trail Blazers traded punches […]

The Portland Trail Blazers had some injury news to share about defensive guard Matisse Thybulle. Thybulle suffered an apparent hand injury during the Trail Blazers’ matchup against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. It forced him out of the game as he underwent an MRI on Thursday, which revealed that he tore the UCL in […]

After his surprise arrest as part of the FBI’s gambling probe that has rocked the NBA, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has made a key legal move in his attempt to fight his case, hiring a lawyer who previously represented President Donald Trump. The New York Times reports Billups has hired trial lawyer […]

The Portland Trail Blazers organization is still recovering from the shock that resulted from their head coach Chauncey Billups being arrested by the FBI for supposed activity in rigged poker games. Billups was one of three publicly revealed NBA figures to have been arrested as part of a wide-ranging investigation that included both the poker […]

Whether Chauncey Billups coaches in the NBA again is heavily dependent on the outcome of his FBI investigation. However, it appears that Billups’ days with the Portland Trail Blazers are already over, despite the organization not having officially fired him. Billups was arrested by the FBI on Thursday, October 23, for allegedly participating in and […]

Former NBA guard Jeff Teague believes veteran guard Jrue Holiday will be on the move once again — this time to the Houston Rockets. On the latest episode of his Club 520 Podcast, Teague predicted that the Portland Trail Blazers will trade Holiday to Houston by the 2025–26 trade deadline. “He’s gonna be traded at […]

Jrue Holiday looked like the veteran star Portland envisioned when they traded for him this offseason. On the second night of a back-to-back, the 35-year-old guard led the Portland Trail Blazers to their first road win of the season, a 122-108 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, with a vintage two-way […]

The Portland Trail Blazers might be at the center of the biggest gambling scandal the NBA has ever seen, but make no mistake about it, their young core is improving at a rapid rate. One of the most prominent members of that aforementioned core is Shaedon Sharpe, the seventh overall pick of the 2022 NBA […]

The LA Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers faced off Sunday evening for the first of four matchups this season. What was supposed to be a battle between best friends Tyronn Lue and Chauncey Billups quickly turned somber following the news this past week. Billups, who just started his fifth season as head coach of the […]

After appointing assistant coach Thiago Splitter as the interim head coach in place of Chauncey Billups, Portland Blazers GM Joe Cronin addressed the team after Billups’ FBI arrest as part of a gambling investigation. The news of the team’s head coach sent shockwaves across the locker room, sources told NBA insider Chris Haynes. Cronin addressed […]

Only a few days into the season, the NBA was rocked by an FBI investigation into illegal gambling activities. In addition to the arrests of Chauncy Billups and Terry Rozier, other big names in the league are facing implications. Among them are legends such as Kevin Garnett, who is allegedly involved in an illegal poker […]