Blazers

On Tuesday, the Portland Trail Blazers agreed to a three-year, $100-million extension with CJ McCollum. McCollum is still owed $57 million over the next two seasons before the extension begins in 2021-22. “It’s an honor and a blessing to be in this position, honestly,” McCollum said, per The Oregonian. “Growing up in Canton, Ohio, going [...]

Last season, back when LaMarcus Aldridge was doubting his role with the San Antonio Spurs, he may have tried getting Damian Lillard to ask the Portland Trail Blazers to re-acquire him via trade. No, seriously. This sounds like it happened. Here’s the skinny, according to Bleacher Report’s Ken Berger: Still, multiple league sources advised not [...]

The Atlanta Hawks have a type. That much has become clear in the aftermath of their mutual dissolution with head coach Mike Budenholzer. A list of prospective candidates has already been making the rounds, with Charlotte Hornets assistant Stephen Silas and San Antonio Spurs assistants Ime Udoka and James Borrego all considered viable candidates. They’re clearly, [...]

Heads seem like they’re about to roll following the Portland Trail Blazers’ first-round sweep from the playoffs. Head coach Terry Stotts’ name has already entered the speculation mill, and apparently, the CJ McCollum-Damian Lillard backcourt isn’t far behind. According to The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor, certain NBA execs believed Blazers general manager Neil Olshey would break [...]

The LeBron billboard craze continues, but this time the billboard is essentially tolling LeBron and the previous billboards, not actually trying to pitch LeBron to come to their city in free agency. About $6,000 was raised in a Go Fund Me account in Portland to purchase a billboard in the city that doesn’t exactly include [...]

The Clippers seem to be headed toward a complete rebuild and the fire sale is underway after trading Blake Griffin to Detroit this week (despite what Steve Ballmer may tell you). There are two other valuable veteran pieces on the trade block, guard Lou Williams and All-NBA center and longtime Clipper DeAndre Jordan. Jordan has [...]

As previously mentioned, Blazers Owner Paul Allen is not happy with the level of success the Blazers are experiencing this season at 21-18 and wants more. Reports have come out that he has his executive team determining if the organization’s issues are more representative of the front office or coaching. Blazers face of the franchise, [...]

The Blazers haven’t been able to really build on their breakout season in 2015-16 in which they won 45 games and made the second round of the NBA Playoffs. They are currently sitting at 17-16 and 8th in the western conference, apparently not where billionaire owner Paul Allen wants them to be. According to a [...]

Carmelo Anthony might be starting to have eyes for a team other than the Houston Rockets. According to Fox Sports 1’s Jason McIntyre, while the New York Knicks star’s preference is to end up beside James Harden and Chris Paul, the Portland Trail Blazers are beginning to register on his radar: [tweet https://twitter.com/jasonrmcintyre/status/910908788986716160] This report comes on [...]

Damian Lillard has sky-high hopes for the Portland Trail Blazers in the event they trade for Carmelo Anthony. Like, way-too-high hopes. When commenting on what Blazers’ chances would be in the Western Conference with Melo on the roster, Lillard went as far as suggesting the reigning-champion Golden State Warriors would need “good luck” to get [...]