The Portland Trail Blazers are coming off their first playoff appearance in four years, and they are putting their foot on the gas when it comes to trying to improve their team.
For the first time in four years, the Portland Trail Blazers will enter the 2026-27 NBA season without Jerami Grant in the rotation. Earlier in the summer, the Blazers traded Grant to the Memphis Grizzlies for guard Ja Morant.
Javonte Cooke, who spent most of last season with the Trail Blazers on a two-way contract, has signed a one-year deal with the Beijing Royal Fighters, agent Jerry Dianis tells Hoops Rumors.
Considering that the Portland Trail Blazers have only a single NBA title to their name, it’s not much of a shock that the franchise’s retired jersey numbers almost entirely come from the 1977 championship team. Unconventional perhaps, but it makes sense.
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The Portland Trail Blazers were already a pretty fun team last season, finishing 42-40, eighth in the West, and making the playoffs before losing 4-1 to the Spurs in the first round.
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Portland Trail Blazers point guard Scoot Henderson is entering the final year of his contract, as he will be a restricted free agent in the summer of 2027.
Patrick Beverley added, yet another one to his portfolio of wild takes. During a recent episode of The Pat Bev Show (video here; warning: viewer discretion advised), the former Houston Rockets guard laid out his case for choosing Portland Trail Blazers guard Ja Morant over Utah Jazz legend John Stockton.
Portland Trail Blazers star Ja Morant is widely regarded as one of the most athletic players in the NBA. Despite his relatively lighter frame, Morant generates tremendous power, allowing him to pull off highlight-worthy plays with ease.
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Micah Nori is in a situation unlike any of his peers this season. The longtime NBA assistant coach is getting his first crack at the reins this season, one of three head coaches in this position alongside the Orlando Magic’s Sean Sweeney and the Dallas Mavericks’ Dusty May.
The Portland Trail Blazers have one of the more unique rosters in the NBA going into the 2026-27 season. The Blazers have a surplus of point guards and centers, but they are lacking when it comes to wing players and power forwards.
The Portland Trail Blazers will go through some growing pains during the 2026-27 season as they incorporate Damian Lillard and Ja Morant into the rotation.
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The New Orleans Pelicans are adding a new forward to their fold. On Monday, NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN reported that the Western Conference franchise has come to terms with former Philadelphia 76ers forward Trendon Watford.
On the Point Forward podcast back in 2023, Lillard addressed the criticism he faces for not having won an NBA championship. The longtime Blazers star believes some people are actually hoping he doesn’t succeed, and he had a warning for his critics that he could still fulfill in 2026-27 now that he’s returned.
Portland City Council voted Wednesday to contribute $120MM to renovate the Moda Center, but that doesn’t guarantee a long-term future for the Trail Blazers in the city, according to Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh of the Oregonian (subscription required) and Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report (subscription required).
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As the Portland Trail Blazers count down to a tense face-off with their city and beloved franchise, the future of the Team has reached a critical crossroads.
Jrue Holiday still appears to have a seat at the table in Portland. The Portland Trail Blazers are not looking to buy out their veteran guard Holiday, longtime NBA writer Marc Stein reported to Substack this week.
Portland Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon is being criticized from all angles. To nobody’s surprise, Bill Simmons is among his funniest detractors, coming up with a hilarious new nickname.
No one knows for certain whether Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon wants to move the franchise. Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report isn’t ready to say that’s the plan.
“It’s like somebody buying a house because they like the street, not the house.” That’s how Bill Simmons described his biggest concern about Tom Dundon’s ownership of the Trail Blazers, suggesting the billionaire could be more interested in owning an NBA franchise than maintaining its connection to Portland.
The Trail Blazers and the city of Portland finally met face to face about renovating the Moda Center and keeping the franchise in town. It apparently didn’t go especially well.
On Thursday, the Trail Blazers and officials from the city of Portland were finally able to meet about the ongoing negotiations aimed at renovating the Moda Center and keeping the team in Portland, Jason Quick writes for The Athletic.
The future of the Trail Blazers in Portland will take another step Thursday. Portland’s City Council is scheduled to publicly review a proposed agreement tied to renovations at the Moda Center, a deal that would include a 20-year commitment from the franchise to remain in the city through at least 2047.
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