The Portland Trail Blazers are about to make some decisions on who their core is going to be moving forward. After having several high draft picks over the last few years, they are now in a position where they have to figure out who to keep.
A main component of becoming a competitive NBA team is knowing when it’s time to shift gears — moving from tanking and stockpiling draft picks to actually competing for wins.
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups thinks rookie Yang Hansen is progressing well through his first three days of NBA training camp. Billups told reporters on Wednesday the 7-foot-1 Chinese center already has great offensive feel that’ll help him succeed on that end.
The decision by the Portland Trail Blazers to draft Yang Hansen in the first round of this year's NBA Draft turned a few heads. Hansen, hailing from China, was perceived to be a bit of an unknown.
The Portland Trail Blazers are heading into this season with the expectation that they will be competing for a playoff spot. They want to get their young guys some experience.
Basketball originated as a distinctly American game. It had international roots, though, as the game's inventor, James Naismith, was Canadian. In the years since, the NBA has been flooded with league-defining international talent.
Portland Trail Blazers history is full of superstars, heroes, hyper athletes. Blazers fans have been dazzled over the years by the high-flying dunks of Clyde Drexler, uncanny distance shooting from Damian Lillard, and the game-saving flurries of Brandon Roy.
Scoot Henderson has a medium-term injury and the Portland Trail Blazers just concluded their 2025 Media Day availability that was not without intrigue… so Conor Bergin and I had to talk about it on the latest episode of We Like the Blazers!
John Hollinger of The Athletic (subscription required) wrote about “hinge” players – those he thinks “…are interesting enough to possibly make a real impact
Just two days into Portland Trail Blazers training camp, guard Shaedon Sharpe is already standing out with his play, at least to new teammate Jrue Holiday.
Heading into this season, the Portland Trail Blazers are hoping to learn whether or not Scoot Henderson has a real shot to turn into a star player for them.
The Portland Trail Blazers have made two additions to their basketball operations and promotions teams, hiring veteran players Brian Grant and Terry Porter.
Plenty of issues face the Portland Trail Blazers as they head through training camp in preparation for the 2025-26 season. As part of an article highlighting variables for all 30 NBA franchises, ESPN analyst Bobby Marks pointed out two key questions in Portland: the status of forward Jerami Grant and the future financial flexibility of the team.
The Portland Trail Blazers are heading into the 2025-26 season with high expectations. They were superb in the second half of last season, as Chauncey Billups’ system was working.
NBA legend Eddie Johnson believes Scoot Henderson is struggling with injury, partly due to a long-standing practice among NBA teams. Scoot Henderson is a star who has struggled to make his mark since arriving in the NBA.
The Portland Trail Blazers have entered the 2025-26 season in a moment of transformation. After years of oscillating between promise and struggle, they’ve begun stepping into a rebuild that both demands patience and rewards boldness.
The Portland Trail Blazers are hoping to turn back the clock during the 2025-26 NBA season. In the current era, teams in the Western Conference are undoubtedly more stacked than those in the Eastern Conference.
The Lakers continued to shuffle the back end of their training camp roster, parting ways with Jarron Cumberland to bring in Tevian Jones, per Law Murray of The Athletic.
It was recently reported that RAJ Sports, which had made an unsuccessful bid to buy the Portland Trail Blazers, had filed a lawsuit against the Cherng family after they joined Tom Dundon‘s new ownership group, citing a breach in an exclusivity agreement.
The Portland Trail Blazers’ 2025-26 season is off to a bad start already. Entering next season, the Blazers are among the most exciting teams because they had a strong second half in 2024-25 season.
Portland’s future is bright with the Trail Blazers’ young core. This is boosted by Damian Lillard‘s belief in his new teammates. With Billups’ system finally realizing its potential, the youth could be a strong foundation.
The 2024-25 season counts as a successful one for a Portland Trail Blazers team that fully committed to the rebuild during the 2023-24 campaign when they traded franchise cornerstone Damian Lillard after a few tumultuous seasons.