Damian Lillard

Kristaps Porzingis cannot hit restricted free agency until 2019, and with the advantages incumbent teams hold in those situations, it’s likely he won’t actually be a free agent until sometime around 2023 or 2024. But that didn’t stop Damian Lillard from rolling out the recruiting carpet on behalf of the Portland Trail Blazers during a [...]

With three first-round draft picks and a ton of guaranteed contracts on the books, the Portland Trail Blazers are bound to look different next season. Anything they do, given their cap situation, must be executed via trade. But the Blazers are also unique in that they are an unfinished product with two cornerstones, Damian Lillard and [...]

Damian Lillard gets it. Following the Portland Trail Blazers Game 4 and, thus, first-round loss to the Golden State Warriors on Monday, the All-Star point guard said that beating the team that has ousted his own in each of the last two postseasons is officially an obsession, per ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes: “You have to be [...]

It would be understandable if the Portland Trail Blazers were relieved that they made the NBA playoffs. For a while, it looked like they wouldn’t. Even after they got hot, Jusuf Nurkic went down, and it kind of seemed like they might be done, too. They’re weren’t. They’re in the playoffs, having clinched a spot [...]

Even though the Portland Trail Blazers are 10 games under .500, the notion of tanking remains a foreign one. That record is good enough for ninth place in the Western Conference, a mere 2.5 games behind the eighth-place Denver Nuggets. Sure, the Blazers win a first-round date and exit against the Golden State Warriors or [...]

Good news: The Portland Trail Blazers don’t have to worry about Damian Lillard wanting to play for another team. From HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy: There have been a number of times where people have tweeted at you saying you should leave Portland for bigger market or that you should join their favorite team, and you’ve responded and shot it down. [...]

The Blazers are one of the surprising disappointments thus far this season. They are currently 17-23, which is barely good enough for 8th in the West. We all expected much more from them this year. Perhaps frustration is setting in. Last night, while visiting the Lakers, Damian Lillard went nose to nose with D’Angelo Russell. [...]

At 13-16, clinging to the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff seed, the Portland Trail Blazers are this season’s biggest disappointment thus far. And Damian Lillard, naturally, isn’t happy. As he told ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes following the Blazers’ 135-90 loss to the Golden State Warriors: Damian Lillard didn’t mince words in criticizing his team, telling [...]

At 8-9, now sitting just outside the Western Conference’s early-season playoff picture, the Portland Trail Blazers rank as one of this year’s biggest disappointments. But while it’s easy to say they need to make a trade, Damian Lillard, despite this sluggish start, isn’t there yet. From CSNNW.com’s Jason Quick: As alarming as the Trail Blazers’ [...]

Meyers Leonard isn’t happy with the Portland Trail Blazers’ defense. Nor should he be. Only the Sacramento Kings allow more points per 100 possessions. Against the Brooklyn Nets, however, Leonard was apparently so frustrated, he asked Damian Lillard to call out certain guys for their lackluster play on that end, according to ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe: [...]