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• How To Watch Cavaliers vs. Trail Blazers Free Live Stream
The No. 1-ranked Cleveland Cavaliers (57-14, 43-27-1 ATS) in the Eastern Conference are at the Portland Trail Blazers (32-40, 41-31 ATS) in this cross-conference matchup on Tuesday night; check out how to watch the free live stream below. NBA betting sites show the Cavs as 6.5-point favorites on the road, according to BetOnline odds. How To […] The post How To Watch Cavaliers vs. Trail Blaze...2025
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• Cavaliers vs. Trail Blazers Predictions: Odds, recent stats, trends, best bets for March 25
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• Celtics depth helps with win over Trail Blazers
Via the Boston Herald: The depth of the Celtics’ roster was on full display Sunday in Portland. Even with Jaylen Brown nursing a bone bruise in his knee and fellow starters Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday both sitting out on the first night of a back-to-back, Boston convincingly defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, rolling to … Continue reading "Celtics depth helps with win over Trail Bl...2025
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• Offseason trade proposal sends Pelicans’ Zion Williamson to Blazers
One NBA writer proposed that the Portland Trail Blazers trade for New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson this offseason. Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report proposed the following trade idea between the Blazers and Pelicans: The Portland Trail Blazers receive: Zion Williamson, Jose Alvarado and Jordan Hawkins The New Orleans Pelicans receive: Shaedon Sharpe, Anfernee Simons, Du...2025
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• Trail Blazers center Robert Williams undergoes knee surgery
Portland Trail Blazers center Robert Williams III recently underwent an arthroscopic procedure to address inflammation in his left knee. Williams will miss 4-6 weeks. Per the Oregonian, “The regular season ends on April 13. Williams would only play again this season if the Blazers reach the NBA playoffs. The Blazers are in contention for a … Continue reading "Trail Blazers center Rober...2025
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• Grizzlies forward-center Brandon Clarke injured, out for season
The Memphis Grizzlies today announced the following medical update for forward/center Brandon Clarke: Clarke has been diagnosed with a high-grade PCL sprain in his right knee, which he sustained during a fall to the floor in the first quarter of the Grizzlies’ game against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 19. Per the Memphis Commercial … Continue reading "Grizzlies forward-center Brandon ...2025
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• Trail Blazers center Robert Williams undergoes knee surgery
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• Blazers Center Robert Williams Out 4-6 Weeks After Knee Surgery
Portland Trail Blazers center Robert Williams III will miss the next four to six weeks after undergoing surgery to address inflammation in his left knee. NBA insider Chris Haynes was first to report. Williams has played in 20 games this season, averaging 5.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks in 18 minutes per game. It […] The post Blazers Center Robert Williams Out 4-6 Weeks After Knee Su...2025
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• Matisse Thybulle To Make Season Debut After Recovering From Ankle Injury

Matisse Thybulle will make his 24-25 season debut on Wednesday when the Portland Trail Blazers play the New York Knicks. Thybulle has been out for the entire season with a knee and ankle injury. Last season, Thybulle appeared in 65 games with the Blazers and averaged 5.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.7 steals in 22.9 minutes. Thybulle makes just over $11 million this season and has an $1...2025
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• Meyers Leonard Announces Retirement

Meyers Leonard announced his retirement from basketball on Sunday. The veteran center played 10 seasons in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks. Leonard was fined $50,000 by the NBA and suspended from team activities in 2021 due to making an anti-Semitic comment during a livestream of him playing a video game. The Heat then traded Leonard to the Oklahoma City Thu...2025
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• Cam Thomas To Return To Nets Lineup On Friday

Cam Thomas is set to return to the Brooklyn Nets lineup on Friday against the Portland Trail Blazers. Thomas has been out for over a month due to a hamstring injury. Thomas is averaging 24.7 points and 3.6 rebounds on the season. Thomas originally suffered the hamstring strain in late November....2025
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• Spurs lottery odds for No. 1 pick after Victor Wembanyama season-ending injury

Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images The Spurs received bad news coming out of the All-Star break. We break down what it means for their NBA Draft Lottery odds. The San Antonio Spurs received devastating news on Thursday as superstar Victor Wembanyama is out for the rest of the season due to a deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder. The team has shut him down after testing during All-Star weeke...2025
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• Report: LeBron James Could Miss Lakers’ Next 2 Games
According to NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN, LeBron James could miss the Los Angeles Lakers‘ next two games. The Lakers face the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday (2/19) and the Portland Trail Blazers (2/20) on Thursday. LeBron, 40, is dealing with a left foot injury. Breaking: LeBron is likely to miss the next 2 Lakers […] The post Report: LeBron James Could Miss La...2025
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• Trail Blazers’ Deandre Ayton Out At Least 4 Weeks With Calf Strain
Portland Trail Blazers starting center Deandre Ayton will miss at least four weeks with a left calf strain, the team announced Wednesday. This is currently his second season with Rip City. MRI Confirms Left Calf Strain For Trail Blazers’ Deandre Ayton Ayton, 26, had an MRI after suffering the injury during Monday’s 146-117 blowout loss […] The post Trail Blazers’ Deandre Ay...2025
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• The Heat found out about the Jimmy Butler trade during a game and their reactions were priceless

Image via @DimeUPROXX on Twitter It seems safe to assume that Tyler Herro is happy the Jimmy Butler trade demand saga is over. There is a new trend at the 2025 NBA trade deadline, and it’s kind of hilarious: Players finding out from fans with camera phones about the latest big deal that just went down. This happened to both the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers in the aftermath of Sa...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Big changes to first round projection after Cooper Flagg goes No. 1

Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. The 2025 NBA Draft class is fully coming into focus with March Madness around the corner. While the hype of this class has worn off slightly as the season has gone on, it’s still a strong group of incoming talent defined by high upside swings throughout the lottery. Duke’s Cooper Flagg is the obvious No. 1 pick. He’s lived up to the hype during his freshman y...2025
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• How Nikola Jokic became the best basketball player in the world
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Nikola Jokic’s hard journey to becoming the best basketball player in the world fully paid off. Putting a label on Nikola Jokic’s game has long been a nearly impossible challenge for evaluators. Jokic himself might be the only person to effectively do it. As he was leaving home in the northern part of Serbia to enter the 2014 NBA Draft, Jo...2023
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• 4 NBA playoff races that will determine postseason picture in final week of season
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The last week of the NBA regular season comes with huge stakes. The NBA had a pretty good weekend. A new CBA was agreed to between the NBPA and the Governors, guaranteeing labor peace through a new television rights deal and for almost the rest of this decade. That should be celebrated - strikes and lockouts can stymie momentum, especially for a league that is...2023
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• VIDEO: Damian Lillard’s mid-vacation reaction to Blazers winning NBA Summer League
The Portland Trail Blazers are the 2022 Summer League champions, but superstar guard Damian Lillard wasn’t aware of it until Trendon Watford showed him his MVP trophy. Lillard is away vacationing with his family, and so he only learned about the championship during an IG Live with Anfernee Simons. Watford hopped in on the stream […] The post VIDEO: Damian Lillard’s mid-vacation r...2022
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• Why Oklahoma City Thunder Are the NBA's Most Unsolvable Puzzle
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• A Team Transformed: Inside LeBron James' First Season Back with the Cavaliers
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"This happened to both the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers in the aftermath of Saturday’s shocking Luka Doncic trade, and on Wednesday, we got to see three members of the Miami Heat find out about a deal involving their own team, and that they would no longer be playing with Jimmy Butler."

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"This is noteworthy for the specific reason that after the Portland Trail Blazers failed to advance beyond the first round of the playoffs for the fourth time in five years, Vulcan moved on from head coach Terry Stotts with a year left on his coaching contract."

2023
"Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard dropped a career-high 71 points in a 131-114 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday, setting a new franchise record."

2022
"After reports indicating that the Portland Trail Blazers were the biggest threat for the services of Golden State Warriors free agent Gary Payton II, it didn’t take long for them to turn the rumors into reality."

2021
"On Friday, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, and Portland Trail Blazers executed a three-team trade that sent Lauri Markkanen to Cleveland, Larry Nance to Portland, and Derrick Jones Jr."

2020
"Nicknamed 'Uncle Cliffy,' Robinson spent 18 seasons with five NBA teams, including the Portland Trail Blazers"

2019
"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ game against the Portland Trail Blazers, taking you through game day from start to finish."

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"The Boston Celtics picked up a thrilling win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, thanks to a game-winning shot."

2017
"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ Summer League title matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers, with comments drawn from Mike Trudell’s @LakersReporter Twitter account to ensure you’re covered from start to finish."

2016
"Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard dropped 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting in the first quarter against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday."

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"Aldridge left the Portland Trail Blazers in favor of the Spurs, signing a max contract and bolstering a perennial contender's roster."

2014
"One night after dropping a career-high 41 points on the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson dropped the hammer on Portland Trail Blazers big man Robin Lopez."

• 2026 NBA Draft Class Could Have More Franchise Players Than 2025

While the 2025 NBA draft is considered significantly stronger than 2024 and is headlined by Cooper Flagg, the 2026 draft could be even stronger. Darryn Peterson, A.J. Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer and Nate Ament are all potential candidates to be selected first. Because of the depth in next year's class, the NBA could again have a crowded field of teams extending their rebuilds. "Right now there are ni...2025
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• Rockets Converting Nate Williams Deal, Waiving Cody Zeller

The Rockets are converting Jeenathan Williams‘ two-way contract into a standard four-year, $8.2 million deal, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. Known as Nate Williams, the swingman is in his third season in the NBA. He has appeared in 35 career NBA games, including five games with the Portland Trail Blazers. Williams, who went undrafted out of […] The post Rockets Converting Nate Williams Dea...2025
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• 76ers sign Alex Reese to two-way contract
Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey announced today that the team has signed Alex Reese to a two-way contract. This season, Reese has appeared in 16 games (15 starts) for the Rip City Remix – the G League affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers – averaging 19.3 points on 49.4-percent shooting from the … Continue reading "76ers sign Alex Reese to two-way contract...2025
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• Spurs lottery odds for No. 1 pick after Victor Wembanyama season-ending injury
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• Mavericks sign center Moses Brown to 10-day contract
The Dallas Mavericks have signed center Moses Brown to a 10-day contract. Brown (7-2, 258) holds career averages of 5.1 points (.566 FG%), 4.8 rebounds and 11.6 minutes per game in 159 games, including 44 starts, with the Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers, L.A. Clippers, Brooklyn Nets and Indiana Pacers. … Continue reading "Mavericks sign ce...2025
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• Jusuf Nurkic Suggests Orlando Should Trade For Portland Guard

Following his debut game in the Charlotte Hornets loss to the Orlando Magic, Jusuf Nurkic was asked where he thinks the Magic are at as a team. Nurkic was complimentary of Orlando, while making a suggestion for a future transaction. "They are a really good young team and they are doing a really good job. They have a really good coaching staff, but I think they are missing one player. I can't name ...2025
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• Trail Blazers sign Sidy Cissoko, waive Taze Moore
The Portland Trail Blazers have signed forward Sidy Cissoko to a two-way contract. In a subsequent move, the Trail Blazers have requested waivers on guard Taze Moore. In 29 career starts, Cissoko has accrued career averages of 2.3 points (49.0% FG, 61.9% FT), 1.1 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 6.7 minutes per game for the … Continue reading "Trail Blazers sign Sidy Cissoko, waive Taze Moore"...2025
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• Trail Blazers To Sign Sidy Cissoko To Two-Way Contract; Waive Taze Moore
The Portland Trail Blazers are signing forward Sidy Cissoko to a two-way contract. To create the roster spot for Cissoko, the Blazers are waiving guard Taze Moore from his two-way deal. Cissoko was recently traded from the San Antonio Spurs to the Sacramento Kings. The Kings then sent Cissoko to the Washington Wizards in a subsequent trade. The Wizards waived Cissoko to free up a roster spot at th...2025
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• The Heat found out about the Jimmy Butler trade during a game and their reactions were priceless
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• Lewis Hamilton’s stunning Ferrari F1 announcement, revisited a year later

One year ago Lewis Hamilton stunned the sports world The staff at SB Nation is a tremendous mix of individuals, including morning people — of which I am sadly becoming one in my later years — and night owls. With staff members living in various parts of the United States, as well as all over the world, chances are at least one of us is up at a certain hour keeping tabs on the sports world. Scrolli...2025
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• Cavaliers vs. Trail Blazers Predictions: Odds, recent stats, trends, best bets for March 25
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• Blazers Center Robert Williams Out 4-6 Weeks After Knee Surgery
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• Suns Have Brutal 10-Game Stretch With Playoffs On The Line
The Phoenix Suns are facing a brutal 10 game stretch at the worst time. Having just moved up to the 10th seed in the Western conference, there is every chance the Suns could tumble down the standings in a hurry. The Portland Trail Blazers — led by Deni Avdija — have been playing some inspired […] The post Suns Have Brutal 10-Game Stretch With Playoffs On The Line appeared first o...2025
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• Robert Williams III To Undergo Arthroscopic Procedure In Left Knee, Out 4-6 Weeks

Robert Williams III is set to undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee to address inflammation, the Portland Trail Blazers announced. Williams is set to miss the next 4-6 weeks. Williams is averaging 5.8 points and 5.9 rebounds in 20 games this season....2025
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• Wizards vs. Trail Blazers Predictions: Odds, recent stats, trends and, best bets for March 17
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• 2026 NBA Draft Class Could Have More Franchise Players Than 2025
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• Knicks vs. Trail Blazers Predictions: Odds, , recent stats, trends and Best bets for March 12
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• Knicks vs. Trail Blazers Predictions: Odds, , recent stats, trends and Best bets for March 12

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• Matisse Thybulle To Make Season Debut After Recovering From Ankle Injury
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• Trail Blazers at Warriors Predictions: Best bets, odds, recent stats, and trends for March 10

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• Lewis Hamilton’s stunning Ferrari F1 announcement, revisited a year later
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Big changes to first round projection after Cooper Flagg goes No. 1
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with Cooper Flagg saving one lucky team

Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. The 2025 NBA Draft lottery is going to be one of the marquee events of the season. For all the talent in this draft class, there will be no drama over who gets selected with the No. 1 overall pick. Cooper Flagg is living up to every ounce of hype at the start of his freshman season at Duke. He feels like one of the strongest...2024
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• A Giannis Antetokounmpo trade is the only solution to this impending Bucks disaster

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images The Bucks’ contention window is already closed, whether they realize it or not. Trading Giannis is the only way out. No cliché in the English language is as misunderstood as “rock bottom.” It is a historical phrase, not intended for present-tense use — applied retroactively to the lowest moment of a timeline that has already reached its conclusion. But whe...2024
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• So, Jerry Reinsdorf is going to sell the White Sox and lose millions for his family and send a 125-year-old team to Nashville, of all places, at the same time he’s building his sandlot field in The 78? Got it

If Jerry Reinsdorf has a final trick up his sleeve to steal from taxpayers, it’s this baby: The 78. And when push comes to shove, he’ll probably get his way. | E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Please, please, please, please tell me you’re not that gullible Apparently bored with the baseball playoffs and looming offseason, it seems every sportswriter ...2024
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• 9 NBA teams in the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes for 2025 draft, ranked by tiers

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images The 2024 NBA Draft lacked excitement from the very start of the cycle due to the absence of a consensus No. 1 overall player. The 2024 class wasn’t terrible, but it always felt more like a role player draft than one with future franchise cornerstones. The fact that this was the draft that immediately followed Victor Wembanyama’s class made it seem...2024
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• NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked

Let’s rank the best rookies in the NBA for the 2023-2024 season This rookie class in the NBA will always go down in history as the year Victor Wembanyama made his grand entrance into the league. Wembanyama’s rookie season was so spellbinding, so sporadically brilliant that it overshadowed everything in its path, including his talented peers that were quietly forming one of the deeper groups of pro...2024
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• Damian Lillard Blasted by Estranged Wife in Response to His Divorce Filing
Damian Lillard’s “family man” image has taken a massive hit. After Lillard filed for divorce from his estranged wife Kay’La Lillard on October 2, which came just days after he left the Portland Trail Blazers, she then requested sole custody of the couple’s three children, according to RadarOnline. In response to the divorce filing, Kay’La […] The post Damian Lillard B...2023
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• 11 best NBA rookies in 2023 Summer League, ranked
Let’s rank the best rookies at 2023 NBA Summer League. NBA Summer League is mostly for the sickos. Every year, basketball diehards flock to Las Vegas (as well as other leagues in Salt Lake City and California) to watch young players on the periphery of the NBA audition for a final roster spot. Summer League teams typically feature a wide mix of talent, including rising second-year players, G Leagu...2023
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• How Nikola Jokic became the best basketball player in the world
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• Clifford Robinson, former NBA All-Star and Sixth Man of the Year, dies at 53
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• San Antonio Spurs Present Immediate Challenge to Golden State Warriors' Throne
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• Kawhi Leonard: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation on Spurs Star's Future
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• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
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• Damian Lillard Takes Commercial Flight to Summer League After $120M Extension
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• Running Diary: Lakers 136 | Blazers 113
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• Report: Lakers, Clippers vote to boycott the season
The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers have voted to boycott the season, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Milwaukee Bucks boycotted Game 5 against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting in Wisconsin. The other two games were postponed as well, including the Lakers-Portland Trail Blazers […] The post Report: Lakers, Clippers vote to boycott the ...2020
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• Anthony Mason, Former NBA Fan Favorite, Dies at Age 48
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• Fantasy Basketball: The time is now to grab Toumani Camara | The Playlist

Yahoo Sports fantasy analyst Dan Titus explains why the Portland Trail Blazers forward is a great add and discusses keys for streaming this week....2025
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• How To Watch Cavaliers vs. Trail Blazers Free Live Stream
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• Trail Blazers center Robert Williams undergoes knee surgery
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• NBA Investigating Thunder, Sixers For Potential Player Participation Policy Violations

The Oklahoma City Thunder are being investigated by the NBA for potentially violating the league's player participation policy. The game under review came on March 7th when the Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers despite sitting out their entire starting five of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Lu Dort and Isaiah Hartenstein. Cason Wallace also sat out the game. The NBA ...2025
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• Why battle of guards will be matchup to watch in Warriors vs. Blazers

The matchups between the Golden State Warriors' and the Portland Trail Blazers' guards will be key to deciding Monday night's game at Chase Center....2025
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• Trail Blazers at Warriors Predictions: Best bets, odds, recent stats, and trends for March 10
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• Thunder vs. Trail Blazers odds, score prediction, time: 2025 NBA picks, March 7 best bets from proven model

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• Celtics vs. Blazers odds, score prediction, time: 2025 NBA picks, March 5 best bets from proven model

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• 76ers vs. Blazers odds, score prediction, start time: 2025 NBA picks, March 3 best bets by proven model

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• Trail Blazers vs. Cavaliers odds, score prediction, start time: 2025 NBA picks, March 2 best bets by top model

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• Nets vs. Blazers odds, score prediction, time: 2025 NBA picks, February 28 best bets from proven model

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• The Heat found out about the Jimmy Butler trade during a game and their reactions were priceless
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• Amen Thompson doesn’t need a jump shot to be an NBA star for Rockets

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Amen Thompson is becoming a star on his own terms for the Rockets. It wasn’t hard to come up with a list of reasons for why Amen Thompson could bust in the NBA when he entered the 2023 draft. Amen and his twin brother Ausar took a novel path to the draft by bypassing college basketball for the upstart Overtime Elite league, where they played ag...2025
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• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s jump around the league to find the players most likely to get relocated at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. In a now-annual tradition at SB Nation, we are scouring through the internet’s endless supply of NBA trade rumors and asking around our NBA team site network to ask our local experts (alongside some national analysis from yours truly) to see ...2025
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• A Giannis Antetokounmpo trade is the only solution to this impending Bucks disaster
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• So, Jerry Reinsdorf is going to sell the White Sox and lose millions for his family and send a 125-year-old team to Nashville, of all places, at the same time he’s building his sandlot field in The 78? Got it
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• NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked
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• Why the Bucks fired Adrian Griffin, explained

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Everything you need to know about why the Bucks decided to fire their head coach despite sitting in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Milwaukee Bucks made the (somewhat) shocking decision to fire first-year head coach Adrian Griffin on Tuesday, despite the team coming off of a win on Monday and holding a 30-13 record overall. The vibes had been ...2024
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• Emo Jimmy Butler is still sad about the Damian Lillard trade at NBA media day

Jimmy Butler’s new haircut to begin NBA training camp shows he’s still not over the Damian Lillard trade. This offseason did not go the way Jimmy Butler expected. After carrying his team on a Cinderella run to the 2023 NBA Finals as a No. 8 seed, Butler saw Damian Lillard request a trade to the Miami Heat to give the franchise the push it needed to win a championship. Lillard did not get traded t...2023
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• Jimmy Butler wants NBA to investigate Bucks following Damian Lillard trade

Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports Jimmy Butler wants answers after the stunning news that Damian Lillard is headed to Milwaukee. For the bulk of the NBA offseason, the major storyline has been the speculation over a trade involving Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard. As rumors progressed, Miami Heat fans began talking themselves into a blockbuster move that would put the Heat over the t...2023
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• Damian Lillard traded to Bucks in blockbuster 3-team deal that shakes NBA

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Damian Lillard is joining forces with Giannis Antetokounmpo after a blockbuster trade to the Bucks. Damian Lillard has finally been traded, and it’s to a destination no one could have seen coming. The Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to send the superstar guard to the Milwaukee Bucks in a blockbuster three-team trade that immediately reshapes the NBA ...2023
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