The Portland Trail Blazers made the decision to trade Anfernee Simons to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Jrue Holiday. The Blazers briefly had Holiday before last season started before trading him to Boston.
Nuance may be required with Portland’s newest center. The Portland Trail Blazers will begin their 2025 NBA Summer League schedule tomorrow evening with a tilt against the Golden State Warriors in Las Vegas.
The Portland Trail Blazers are assembling an up-and-coming in the Pacific Northwest, and after a strong end to last season, they finished with 36 wins, putting them to within striking distance of a play-in tournament spot.
The Portland Trail Blazers and Deandre Ayton did not have a happy marriage. Ayton was with the Blazers for just two seasons and did not help them contribute to winning.
Portland will have to deal with the likes of Stephen Curry, Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama in group play. The Portland Trail Blazers’ draw for group play of the 2025 NBA Emirates Cup has been revealed by the league.
The Portland Trail Blazers have been making moves this offseason that have made their roster look a lot different Portland moved on from two of their top players in recent weeks after they agreed to a buyout with center Deandre Ayton and traded away top scorer Anfernee Simons for Jrue Holiday.
Finding analogs for the current Portland players. The Portland Trail Blazers are at an interesting spot in their history, an in-between zone following the decade-long Damian Lillard era and whatever comes next.
The Portland Trail Blazers shockingly bought out Deandre Ayton during the NBA offseason — a move that was started by Ayton himself. In the buyout, Ayton is giving up $10 million out of the $35 million left on his contract.
The Portland Trail Blazers seemingly have a real identity for the first time since Damian Lillard left the franchise. The front office has built a young, hungry team with a defense-first mindset.
Jrue Holiday has been one of the most important role players in NBA history. The two-time NBA Champion is coming off a year where he averaged 11.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.1 steals per contest while shooting 44.3% from the field in 62 games for the Boston Celtics.
Simons posts his thoughts on leaving to Instagram. On June 23 the trade sending Anfernee Simons from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Boston Celtics for Jrue Holiday was made public.
The Boston Celtics made their first major move of the offseason last month when they traded Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers, but the return for the veteran guard wound up being a lot lighter than they anticipated.
Despite the language barrier, Yang Hansen is ready to contribute to the Trail Blazers. After the first practice ahead of the NBA Summer League, Yang discussed what he wants to do for the team.
Deandre Ayton moved quickly to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers once he was able to pick a new team, and there was one major motivating factor for his decision.
The three-team deal that sent Damian Lillard to the Bucks involved a future Hall of Famer, an All-Defensive guard and former No. 1 pick who'd been to the Finals. Yet two years later, the prize of the trade is a little-known second-round pick.
The Portland Trail Blazers returned from the 2025 NBA Draft with one of the most surprising picks. In what has turned out to be a polarizing move, the Trail Blazers initially traded down from the No.11 pick after a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies.
At the 2025 NBA Draft, the Portland Trail Blazers shocked other teams — and more than likely the world — in selecting Chinese big man Hansen Yang at No.
The Trail Blazers are picking up Rayan Rupert‘s team option for the 2025/26 season, reports Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report (Twitter link). The team issued a press release confirming the move is official.