The Portland Trail Blazers are in the market for a new coach! Will they back up the Brinks truck – as General Manager Joe Cronin suggested new owner Tom
When the Portland Trail Blazers traded Anfernee Simons to the Boston Celtics for championship-winning guard Jrue Holiday, many fans voiced confusion. The trade signaled a transition from abject, shameless tanking to competitive basketball.
There was a time when the thought of Portland Trail Blazers center Robert Williams III getting another non-veteran minimum deal was a stretch. Just 12 months ago, Williams appeared to have been beaten by a multitude of injuries, which had kept him to just 26 games through his first two seasons with the Blazers.
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The Trail Blazers aimed high. They just didn’t get far. Portland reached out to veteran coaches Tom Thibodeau and Michael Malone during its head coaching search, but neither engaged, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line.
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The Portland Trail Blazers aren’t among the eight teams currently vying for a championship, but given the nonstop chatter associated with trade talks, they’ve remained firmly in the spotlight in their own way.
The mystery surrounding the Portland Trail Blazers’ clouded, shrouded search for their next head coach doesn’t appear to be lifting soon. Reports have new Blazers owner Tom Dundon canvassing dozens of potential candidates while at the same time offering to pay an amount more suited to a decent assistant coach than a locker room maestro in 2026.
Tiago Splitter steadied the Trail Blazers when they needed it. It may not be enough to keep the job. Despite leading Portland to a 42-39 finish and a playoff berth after taking over early in the season, Splitter is not considered a frontrunner to become the team’s full-time head coach, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line.
The Portland Trail Blazers continue their search for a permanent head coach following their opening round playoff elimination against the San Antonio Spurs.
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The Portland Trail Blazers are conducting a head coaching search after beginning the 2025-26 season with Chauncey Billups being placed on leave for his alleged involvement in an illegal poker scheme.
The Portland Trail Blazers’ 2025-2026 season had a little bit of everything. There were changes in the coaching seat and the ownership suite, a franchise legend working his way back from injury, an unexpected All-Star, and the team’s first taste of the NBA Playoffs since 2021.
The 2026 offseason has arrived, and for the Portland Trail Blazers, the vibes are a complicated mix of old and new. Coming off a 42-40 season and a first-round exit at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs, general manager Joe Cronin is standing at a crossroads, but there’s a storyline bubbling under the surface that has the Rose City buzzing.
No matter what kind of trade offers develop for the Greek Freak, the Blazers should be angling to involve themselves in the action.
The Portland Trail Blazers enter the offseason at a crossroads. Following a breakout campaign where Deni Avdija earned his first All-Star selection and established himself as a cornerstone for the Blazers, the small forward has earned a potential contract extension.
The Scoot Henderson roller coaster ride took more twists and turns during the 2025-26 NBA season. The young guard spent most of the year in street clothes, recovering from a preseason hamstring injury.
The Portland Trail Blazers are going to scour the league for possible trades they can make to improve the team. They don't have any draft picks after trading each of them in 2021 to the Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Pelicans, so the best way they can improve the squad is on the trade market.
The Portland Trail Blazers are one of four teams looking for a new head coach and they are scouring across the league to find their leader. The Blazers could go in a number of different directions for their coaching search, some of which range from realistic to crazy.
The Trail Blazers are keeping their options open. Maybe too open. Portland’s coaching search has expanded to a wide pool of candidates, with league sources telling The Athletic’s Sam Amick the list could approach 20 names.
The Trail Blazers are taking a different path. Around the NBA, others are spending big. While teams like the Bucks and Mavericks have made aggressive, high-cost moves this offseason, Portland continues to operate with a more cautious approach, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic.
The Portland Trail Blazers took a significant step forward this season, making this a significant offseason for them. It could see them move on from a former All-Star due to a positional logjam, though.
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.
Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin conducted an end-of-season press conference on Thursday, writes Joe Freeman of The Oregonian. Portland, which was making its first playoff appearance since 2021, was eliminated by San Antonio on Tuesday.
Even when Victor Wembanyama was out with concussion symptoms, the Portland Trail Blazers struggled to score against the San Antonio Spurs. With Wemby back in the lineup, the Blazers offense was totally shut down.
De'Aaron Fox scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter as the host San Antonio Spurs defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 114-95 on Tuesday to close out a 4-1 victory in the teams' first-round Western Conference playoff series.
The Portland Trail Blazers are very much in their first round playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs. If they can hold out long enough, there is at least a small chance that a big boost might be around the corner.
The Portland Trail Blazers are dampening some of the excitement about the franchise’s first trip to the playoffs in a half-decade.
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