Deni Avdija registered 26 points, six assists and five rebounds as one of eight Portland players scoring in double digits to help the Trail Blazers rout the visiting Golden State Warriors 139-119 on Friday night.
The NBA world was rocked by reports of players and coaches being arrested for allegedly taking part in illegal gambling, and one of the names caught up in the controversy was Chauncey Billups.
Before his game against the Golden State Warriors on Friday night, Portland Trail Blazers center Yang Hansen ended up giving a pair of his shoes to a young fan.
Hakeem The Dream, Clyde The Glide, Magic: The NBA has produced some incredible nicknames over the decades. Some, like Magic and Penny, have even come to largely replace the player's actual name.
The mood of the Portland Trail Blazers is dire. Head coach Chauncey Billups’ arrest on gambling-related charges has turned the beginning of what was supposed to be a routine season for the Blazers upside-down.
Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard Shaedon Sharpe secured his long-term bag with the only NBA franchise he's ever known over the weekend. The 6-foot-5 swingman agreed to a four-year, $90 million contract extension that will keep him under team control through the 2029-30 season.
Former Portland Trail Blazers head coach and NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups was arrested on Thursday for his alleged involvement in a scandal that lured victims to play rigged games of poker.
The FBI’s federal investigation into illegal sports gambling was no secret. The commonly held assumption was that, so far as the NBA was concerned, the main targets were former Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, and current free agent Malik Beasley.
The 2025-26 NBA season just tipped off, and it's already being overshadowed by bombshell news regarding arrests made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of alleged illegal gambling schemes.