Sports fans tend to be optimistic about their teams. This is particularly true with a team like the Portland Trail Blazers. For decades they were the only major sports franchise in a modest-sized city.
Tom Dundon defended the Portland Trail Blazers’ decision to lay off roughly 70 employees by arguing the organization had become too crowded to run efficiently.
Since purchasing the Portland Trail Blazers in late March, new owner Tom Dundon has implemented some interesting business practices. Most of these actions could be justified as “business decisions,” but it is evident that these moves have hurt his reputation as a franchise owner.
How many of the active NBA players with at least 20 double-doubles in the playoffs can you name in five minutes?
Just months after finalizing the deal to buy the Portland Trail Blazers, Tom Dundon is headlining the Blazers’ offseason. The team has laid off 70 staff members.
As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.
Since buying the Portland Trail Blazers in March 2026 for approximately $4.25 billion, Tom Dundon has become an unpopular name in the community. The Carolina Hurricanes owner made profound changes in his first few months.
On a weekend dedicated to announcing the league’s top players and award finalists, the Portland Trail Blazers found themselves often overlooked in 2025-26.
The 2025-26 NBA season saw the Portland Trail Blazers emerge from the basement of the Western Conference and make the Playoffs for the first time since 2021.
The Portland Trail Blazers might not have won a championship during 2010-11’s season, but as history shows, they did earn a badge of honor that stands to this day: a competitive six-game series that some have deemed to be the toughest of the Dallas Mavericks’ title run.
The Portland Trail Blazers’ search for a full-time head coach had become one of many possibilities, but according to league sources, the process has ballooned to six finalists: Tiago Splitter, Jeff Van Gundy, Micah Nori, and, as of this morning, new additions Jerry Stackhouse, Mike Williams, and Tyler Lashbrook.
The Trail Blazers’ coaching search is starting to feel a little less like a sprint and a little more like a full organizational excavation. In other words, Portland is talking to just about everybody.
If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.
The Portland Trail Blazers may be closing in on a major decision, and the Utah Jazz now sit directly in the middle of the latest head coach search buzz.
The Trail Blazers’ coaching search is starting to clarify itself, as it was recently reported that interim head coach Tiago Splitter is being considered a finalist for the head coach job, and that Portland has requested permission to interview the Clippers’ lead assistant Jeff Van Gundy, who was also called a finalist for the job.
The Portland Trail Blazers look to be narrowing down the field. Portland has three known finalists in their head coaching search, veteran NBA writer Marc Stein reported on Thursday.
Despite initial reports indicating that interim head coach Tiago Splitter was not likely to be retained by the Trail Blazers as they mount a comprehensive search for their head coach of the future, it appears the Brazilian incumbent has a genuine shot at the job.
The Portland Trail Blazers coaching search may be narrowing a bit. According to NBA insider Chris Haynes, the Blazers have requested permission from the Los Angeles Clippers to interview assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy for their head coaching vacancy.
NBA side Portland Trail Blazers have laid off employees, their new owner Tom Dundon has announced Dundon leads the group of investors who bought the NBA
The Portland Trail Blazers laid off an unspecified number of employees on the business side of the organization as part of a restructuring by new ownership.
Tom Dundon is not exactly becoming the most lovable pro sports team owner out there. The new Blazers owner has already faced backlash over the team’s recent cost-cutting measures, but there appears to be no stopping Portland from tightening its belt further.
The Trail Blazers have laid off approximately 70 employees from their business operations department.
With the question around whether Tiago Splitter remains a candidate for the Portland Trail Blazers‘ permanent head coaching gig, the latest reporting gives an answer to the quandary.
Terry Stotts wants back in Portland. And he’s not being shy about it. Stotts recently told longtime Oregon writer Dwight Jaynes that he’d welcome another run with the Trail Blazers, even confirming that his agent has reached out to the team.
As new Portland Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon has addressed controversial topics around the team, another point that has been talked about is the playing time of 2025 first-round pick Yang Hansen.
The Portland Trail Blazers are being linked to their former coach as they try to chart their course forward. Terry Stotts, who coached the Blazers from 2012 to 2021, is interested in returning to the team, and his agent has reached out to the Blazers to indicate as much.
No matter what kind of trade offers develop for the Greek Freak, the Blazers should be angling to involve themselves in the action.
A season that started with the chaos of head coach Chauncey Billups' arrest ended with the Portland Trail Blazers' first trip to the playoffs in five seasons.
Wembanyama dominated in the Spurs' 114-93 win, and, in the process, helped deliver a very harsh lesson to an up-and-coming Trail Blazers team that still has some things to learn.
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