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Trae Young had the game of his life on Monday night, dropping a career-high 56 points. Yet, it wasn’t enough as the Atlanta Hawks still lost to the Portland Trail Blazers, 136-131. Following the contest, Trae reacted to his historic performance. Needless to say, it didn’t mean much since his team failed to secure a […]

The writing was on the wall long before a few weeks ago, when Joe Cronin forecasted inevitable change for the Portland Trail Blazers during his introductory press conference as the team’s interim general manager. Remember, Portland never discussed hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy, winning the West or even advancing to the Conference Finals at Media […]

The NBA season continues with games on Monday. The Atlanta Hawks will continue their road trip and take on the Portland Trail Blazers. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Hawks-Blazers prediction and pick. Both of these teams have had disappointing seasons so far. The Hawks are 16-19 but are coming off a […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are poised to get a much-needed boost ahead of this week’s crucial four-game homestand at Moda Center. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has cleared health-and-safety protocols and is set to be on the sidelines on Monday night against the Atlanta Hawks. Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey […]

The Los Angeles Lakers closed out 2021 with a loud bang, thanks to an emphatic win over the Portland Trail Blazers. They were dominant from the tip-off and never trailed in the game. Los Angeles was firing on all facets of the game, bringing defensive intensity and effort. Offensively, there was more motion and fluidity, […]

One of the most consequential and controversial years in Portland Trail Blazers history ended in depressingly fitting fashion on Friday night, as the Los Angeles Lakers blew out Damian Lillard and company 139-106 to ring in 2022. LeBron James, who turned 37 on Thursday, celebrated his birthday with one of the most ruthlessly efficient and […]

The Los Angeles Lakers got more good news on the COVID-19 front ahead of their New Year’s Eve game against the Portland Trail Blazers. All of the Lakers players have exited health and safety protocols, and now head coach Frank Vogel is out of them and will coach against the Blazers on Friday night. Frank […]

The NBA season continues with games on Friday. The Portland Trail Blazers will hit the road and take on the Los Angeles Lakers. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Trail Blazers-Lakers prediction and pick. Both of these teams have not had great starts to the season. The Portland Trail Blazers […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are hardly the only ones who hope to start again when the calendar flips to 2o22. Suddenly almost halfway through a tumultuous regular season marked by Damian Lillard’s early struggles, Neil Olshey’s eventual ouster and a roster ravaged by injuries and then COVID-19, Portland finds itself at 13-21 heading into Friday’s […]

Well, here’s something that you don’t see too often. The NBA and K-Pop (Korean pop) circles don’t usually interact, but recently, one of the biggest K-Pop names shouted out one particular team. When asked what is his favorite team, Suga, a member of the famous Korean boy band BTS, named Damian Lillard and the Portland […]

No one expected the Portland Trail Blazers to put up much of a fight against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night at Moda Center, even with Donovan Mitchell back in Salt Lake City nursing a minor back injury. Tough as it is for the thoroughly depleted Blazers to swallow, a burgeoning number in the loss […]

Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard has had his name in headlines far more frequently than he’d like during the 2021-22 NBA season. Trade rumors have been making the rounds regarding Portland’s franchise cornerstone, and it seems that Lillard is growing tired of all the rumblings. In a cryptic Instagram post on Wednesday, Lillard […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ skeleton crew of healthy players and coaches fell to the Dallas Mavericks 132-117 on Monday night at Moda Center. With seven players plus head coach Chauncey Billups in health-and-safety protocols, the Blazers fielded a team of just eight full-time players plus three recent G-League call-ups in Cameron McGriff, Brandon Williams and […]

The NBA season continues with games on Monday. The Dallas Mavericks will travel to take on the Portland Trail Blazers. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Mavericks-Blazers prediction and pick. These two teams have had somewhat similar seasons thus far. The Dallas Mavericks come into this game 15-17 and have […]

COVID-19 continues to rip its way across the NBA and now, even head coaches are testing positive. Rick Carlisle and Alvin Gentry have spent time in protocols, while Billy Donovan and Frank Vogel remain sidelined due to the virus. Well, you can now add Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams and Portland Trail Blazers boss Chauncey […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have gotten some more unfortunate news as they now have five players who have entered the league’s health and safety protocols. Robert Covington, Ben McLemore, and Keljin Blevins have all entered the health and safety protocols on Saturday. This is unfortunate news for a Blazers team who has not been playing […]

The holiday season is in full swing, but the Portland Trail Blazers haven’t exactly enjoyed much good cheer. They’re 13-19 over the first nine weeks of the regular season, tumbling to 11th in the Western Conference after losing 11 of the last 14 games. Even Portland’s recent hopes of a quick turnaround proved short-lived. Chauncey […]

It’s difficult not to admire Kemba Walker for how he has handled his tough situation with the New York Knicks. During his string of DNPs, he was still one of the first guys off the bench to high-five his teammates during timeouts. He celebrated when they made big plays. He didn’t take veiled shots through […]

CJ McCollum has made great progress as he recovers from a collapsed lung. The Portland Trail Blazers announced that he has fully recovered and will be re-evaluated next week. Earlier today, head coach Chauncey Billups told reporters that McCollum was doing cardio exercise again. The team’s press release stated that McCollum has indeed been cleared […]

Damian Lillard is finally playing at his typical All-NBA level. Now that C.J. McCollum is closer to taking the floor again, perhaps it’s only a matter of time until the Portland Trail Blazers turn around their season. During media availability at Thursday’s practice, Chauncey Billups told reporters that though there’s still no concrete timetable for […]

As NBA trade season marches along, so does the Ben Simmons mock trades. The basketball community continues to whip up frameworks to give the former no. 1 pick a change of scenery. In their latest trade idea, the people at Bleacher Report came up with a scenario that lands Simmons in Portland as part of […]

Damian Lillard was fighting like hell on Tuesday night to will his short-handed team to a rare victory outside Rip City. Considering how well he’d been playing since not just opening tip against the New Orleans Pelicans, but also the Portland Trail Blazers’ last two games, no one would’ve been shocked if Lillard pulled it […]

The Brooklyn Nets’ roster continues to be extremely depleted due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the organization. Their last two games have been postponed because of the number of players in protocols and it appears another one is going to be rescheduled on Thursday against the Portland Trail Blazers: The following has been released by […]

It hasn’t been the smoothest of campaigns for the Portland Trail Blazers. Star guard Damian Lillard has already missed several games due to an abdominal injury, while his running mate CJ McCollum is still out indefinitely with a collapsed lung. If there’s one team that knows exactly what the Trail Blazers are going through, it’s […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will play the New Orleans Pelicans in a Western Conference matchup on Tuesday evening. It’s time continue our NBA odds series with a Blazers-Pelicans prediction and pick. The Blazers and Pelicans have both struggled so far this season. After losing 11 of 12 games, the Blazers have now won two straight. […]

Damian Lillard was the driving force behind a Portland Trail Blazers victory for the second straight game on Sunday. Believe it or not, the Blazers are a much different team when their superstar point guard isn’t just available to play, but reaches the All-NBA level of performance that has been his constant for the better […]

The Portland Trail Blazers had countless opportunities to squander yet another close game. Instead, they buckled down even harder when it mattered most, holding on for their first win away from home since November 12th. The Blazers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 105-100 on Sunday at FedEx Forum, their second consecutive victory in wake of dropping […]

Damian Lillard had a lot to be happy about late Friday night. Not only had the Portland Trail Blazers just ended a seven-game losing streak, but they beat the Charlotte Hornets 125-116 in a convincing wire-to-wire victory with C.J. McCollum still watching from the sidelines. The Blazers’ dominant offensive performance absent one of basketball’s best […]

Damian Lillard was definitely happy that his team ended its seven-game losing streak on Friday night, beating the Charlotte Hornets 125-116. The Portland Trail Blazers superstar was no doubt pleased he fully shook off early-season struggles, too, playing by far his best game of 2021-22 and one of the most efficient of his entire career. […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are not having a good season. The team from Oregon had high hopes in the last couple of seasons. Unfortunately, while they made the playoffs in the last eight seasons, that only resulted in passing the first round three times. This year, they also had high expectations coming into the year. […]

Making his season-long struggles seem almost impossible to fathom, Damian Lillard reached his peak form on Friday night, spearheading the Portland Trail Blazers’ 125-116 win over the Charlotte Hornets at Moda Center with an utterly dominant offensively performance. Lillard dropped a season-high 43 points on the Hornets, scoring however he wanted en route to one […]

The Charlotte Hornets fell to the Portland Trail Blazers, 125-116 on Friday night. The Hornets came out flat in the first half on both sides of the ball. They gave up 81 points at halftime and pretty much set themselves up for an uphill battle for the rest of the game. Unfortunately for the Hornets, […]

The Charlotte Hornets will take on the Portland Trail Blazers in an interconference showdown. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Hornets-Blazers prediction and pick for Friday night’s game in Porrtland. The Hornets enter this game as the sixth seed in the East. Charlotte has earned that spot thanks to a […]

The Charlotte Hornets have been without star guard LaMelo Ball, who has been in the league’s health and safety protocols, for the past six games. Well, a recent update from the organization emerged following the team’s shootaround. Ball is set to return for the Hornets on Friday against the Portland Trail Blazers. INJURY UPDATE: @hornets […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard still finds his name in trade rumors, despite the fact he’s made it very clear that he wants to win in RIP City. These rumors have heated up over the past few weeks as the Blazers continue to struggle, but Lillard doesn’t see that as a reason to jump […]

Portland Trail Blazers star CJ McCollum hasn’t played since December 4th after being diagnosed with a right lung problem. While he isn’t quite ready to return to the floor, the Blazers gave a promising update on the point guard: Following further examination, including a CT scan on Tuesday, Portland guard CJ McCollum continues to show […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are being urged by famed NBA analysts Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley to make a bold move this season. Things have not gone down well for the Blazers this season as the team has now lost six straight games in a row. On Tuesday night, Portland almost pulled off a comeback […]

The Portland Trail Blazers fell to the Phoenix Suns 111-107 in overtime on Tuesday night, extending their losing streak to six games. Even that depressing string of defeats, unfortunately, isn’t an accurate indication of the Blazers’ current depths. Portland is now 1-9 in its last 10 games and has lost five straight at Moda Center […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are going to have one of the more interesting trade deadlines in all of the NBA.  They have made it known that they are potentially going into a rebuilding process so many of their current players are not going to be in Portland for much longer. They could decide to do […]