Trail Blazers

Here’s hoping Nerlens Noel fancies Voodoo Doughnut. The Philadelphia 76ers big man has been available for basically forever. The team has a frontcourt logjam with him, Joel Embiid and Jahlil Okafor all needing time at center. If it wasn’t for left knee surgery that has prevented Noel from playing this season, he would probably already [...]

Sitting one game under .500, with the NBA’s worst defense, it’s safe to say that the Portland Trail Blazers have been a huge disappointment to start the 2016-17 season. The problem, it seems, is that the Blazers aren’t playing with a desperate urgency. Watch their games, and it looks like they’re coasting. And they aren’t [...]

Damian Lillard is not happy with the Portland Trail Blazers. Following a 126-109 shellacking at the hands of the Houston Rockets on Thursday night, the Blazers are now 7-6, losers of three of their last five tilts, with a defense that ranks 29th in points allowed per 100 possessions, and an offense that barely places [...]

Don’t get comfortable with this version of the Portland Trail Blazers. It might not be around for long. After spending like crazy over the summer, mostly to retain talent like Maurice Harkless, Meyers Leonard, Allen Crabbe and C.J. McCollum (extension), but also to bring in Evan Turner and Festus Ezeli, people around the league are [...]

When the Portland Trail Blazers signed Festus Ezeli to a two-year, $15.1 million deal over the summer, they were clearly taking a shot in the dark. As of now, that shot has yet to hit anything. Per the Portland Tribune‘s Kerry Eggers, Ezeli, who is dealing with a left knee injury, still isn’t closing in [...]

For a hot minute at the start of NBA free agency, it looked like Chandler Parsons would sign with the Portland Trail Blazers, who were offering him a max deal. But then the Memphis Grizzlies swooped in with a max offer of their own, and everything changed. Parsons chose the Grizzles and has no regrets. [...]

C.J. McCollum is officially big time. According to Cleveland.com’s Chris Haynes, the Portland Trail Blazers combo guard has a received an invitation to join the USA Select Team: #Blazers C.J. McCollum to be invited to USA Select Team, league source tells @clevelanddotcom. Canton native won Most Improved Player honor. — Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) May 10, [...]

March 6, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Trade deadline rumors are all over the place in Portland right now, with it appearing that at least either Jamal Crawford or Raymond Felton, and possibly both of them, could be moved. This is a far cry from early January, when the Blazers were 7-2 with wins over the [...]

May 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The Portland Trail Blazers are one of the up and coming teams in the NBA and have a bright future. But that future no longer includes Rich Cho as the GM. Rich Cho is out as the Portland Trail Blazers’ general manager, the team said Monday. The team [...]

April 12, 2009 – Alex Curtis-Slep Alex Curtis-Slep from NBA Tipoff.com fame, who many of you may also know as the founder/writer of the basketball blog Basketball Notes by Alex is covering all things NBA for The Hoop Doctors. The Portland Trailblazers have played well of late and continue to show why they are a [...]