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• Trail Blazers Add Blake Wesley After Contract Buyout With Wizards
The Portland Trail Blazers have signed free agent guard Blake Wesley to a one-year contract, sources informed ESPN’s Shams Charania on Tuesday. This is reportedly a fully guaranteed contract, per Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report. Blake Wesley Likely Signed A Minimum-Salary Contract Although the financial terms of Wesley’s deal with Portland haven’t been unveiled, […] The post Trail B...2025
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• Trail Blazers, Blake Wesley Agree To One-Year Deal

Shortly after being bought out by the Wizards, shooting guard Blake Wesley has agreed to a one-year deal with the Trail Blazers, reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). It’ll be a fully guaranteed contract, per Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report (Twitter link). The 25th overall pick in the 2022 draft out of Notre […]...2025
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• QO Updates: J. Walker, A. Mitchell, Two-Ways, Mann
The Trail Blazers opted not to tender forward Jabari Walker a qualifying offer prior to Sunday’s deadline, reports Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report (Twitter link). As a result, Walker will become an unrestricted free agent. Walker put up solid numbers in a limited role for Portland last season, averaging 5.2 points and 3.5 […]...2025
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• Blazers Exercise Rayan Rupert’s 2025/26 Option

The Trail Blazers are picking up Rayan Rupert‘s team option for the 2025/26 season, reports Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report (Twitter link). The team issued a press release confirming the move is official. Rupert’s $2.22MM salary for next season will technically remain non-guaranteed for a couple more days, but will become fully guaranteed […]...2025
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• Northwest Notes: Blazers Contracts, Nuggets Front Office, Wolves
The Trail Blazers have a lot of decisions to make this summer, writes Sean Highkin for Rose Garden Report. The ostensibly still-rebuilding team has 10 players who will either be extension-eligible or on an expiring contract for the coming season. The amount of talent on the roster makes predicting extensions more complicated, with Anfernee Simons […]...2025
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• Coaching Notes: Blazers, Herscu, Suns, Carroll, Silas, Fizdale, Tibaldi
The Rip City Remix – Portland’s G League affiliate – has announced that Jonah Herscu will be the team’s new head coach for the 2025/26 season, confirming the news in a press release after it was first reported by Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report (Twitter link). Herscu has spent the past three season as […]...2025
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• Northwest Notes: Clingan, Sharpe, Avdija, Gobert, Kessler
With Robert Williams sitting out and Deandre Ayton sidelined by a finger injury, Trail Blazers lottery pick Donovan Clingan had his best outing of the season in a win over Minnesota on Wednesday. In 31 minutes, Clingan racked up 17 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocks. “I love defense,” Clingan told Sean Highkin of The […]...2024
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• Blazers Notes: Williams, Roster, Billups, Clingan, Ayton, Camara
After undergoing knee surgery last fall that ended his season early and limited him to just six appearances in 2023/24, Trail Blazers center Robert Williams has been taking part in five-on-five scrimmages in recent weeks and expects to be ready for the start of the season, writes Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report. While Williams […]...2024
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• Zion Williamson trade rumors are NBA’s juiciest offseason storyline
Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images There’s increasing smoke around a Zion Williamson trade at the NBA Draft. When Zion Williamson is on the floor, there’s no debate he’s one of the best young players in the NBA. The problem is that Williamson has been one of the league’s least durable players since becoming the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. The constant drama around...2023
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• Latest Damian Lillard update sure to please fans

Damian Lillard has missed the past four games for the Portland Trail Blazers after suffering a calf injury early in the season. However, he might be back in the lineup rather soon. According to Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report, Lillard has been upgraded to questionable for the Blazers game on the road against […] The post Latest Damian Lillard update sure to please fans appeared first ...2022
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• Damian Lillard’s fiery message to the doubters ahead of Blazers’ 2022-23 season

Damian Lillard doesn’t have time for doubters. The Portland Trail Blazers star endured a difficult season last year playing through a painful abdominal injury while watching as his squad fell short of the playoffs. Well, Lillard spoke to the media on Tuesday and delivered this fiery message to his doubters, per Sean Highkin on Twitter. […] The post Damian Lillard’s fiery message ...2022
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• Rajon Rondo ruled out for Game 5
The Chicago Bulls will be without Rajon Rondo for at least one more game. As Sean Highkin of The Athletic notes, coach Fred Hoiberg has ruled Rondo out for Wednesday’s Game 5 against the Boston Celtics. The Bulls can certainly use Rondo back.Rondo was a catalyst during each of the first two games of the series, which were both Chicago wins. He averaged 11.5 points, 10 assists, 8.5 rebounds and thr...2017
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• Kristaps Porzingis Injury: Updates on Knicks Star's Achilles and Return
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• DeMarcus Cousins vs. Trail Blazers: Stats, Highlights and Reaction
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• Thursday NBA Roundup: Warriors on Pace to Have Top Offense in League History
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• Derrick Rose, New York Knicks Finding Their Form and Friday NBA Takeaways
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• Chicago Bulls Still Searching for Killer Instinct After Game 4 Loss to Cavs
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• Derrick Rose Struggling to Find a Rhythm After All-Star Break
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"As Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report (subscription required) writes, the Trail Blazers looked ready on Friday to pull the plug on the 2022/23 season."

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"According to Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report, Lillard has been upgraded to questionable for the Blazers game on the road against […] The post Latest Damian Lillard update sure to please fans appeared first on ClutchPoints."

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"According to Sean Highkin of Bleacher Report, the Rockets have been using Clemons in practice to simulate some of the plays the […] The post Rockets using 5-foot-9 undrafted guard in LeBron James cosplay appeared first on ClutchPoints."

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"The Portland Trail Blazers will be without big man Skal Labissiere through an upcoming road trip, an overall stretch that will cover at least six games into mid-January, Sean Highkin of Bleacher Report writes."

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• Trail Blazers Add Blake Wesley After Contract Buyout With Wizards
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• Trail Blazers, Blake Wesley Agree To One-Year Deal
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• QO Updates: J. Walker, A. Mitchell, Two-Ways, Mann
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• Blazers Exercise Rayan Rupert’s 2025/26 Option
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• Northwest Notes: Blazers Contracts, Nuggets Front Office, Wolves
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• Draft Notes: Trail Blazers, Mock, Coward, Nets, More
The Trail Blazers hosted a pre-draft workout on Thursday with six high-level prospects, writes Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report (subscriber link). Michigan State guard Jase Richardson (No. 14 on ESPN’s big board), Illinois wing Will Riley (No. 15), Georgia forward/center Asa Newell (No. 19), UConn wing Liam McNeeley (No. 21) and Saint Joseph’s […]...2025
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• The NBA has a replay review problem (and one simple change would fix it)

Photo by Jim Poorten/NBAE via Getty Images There are likely going to be playoff games that get completely derailed by instant replays, but after spending some time in the NBA’s Replay Center, it’s clear that there is an easy fix. Even Mike Breen is getting a little impatient. It’s the fourth quarter of an important, nationally televised Western Conference tilt in Golden State midway throug...2025
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• Blazers may have moved quickly on Chauncey Billups contract because of Suns speculation

The Portland Trail Blazers may have moved to extend head coach Chauncey Billups in part due to speculation linking him to the Phoenix Suns’ expected head coaching search, according to NBA reporter Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report. Highkin reported on social media that he had “heard a lot of chatter” suggesting Billups could be […] The post Blazers may have moved quickly on Chauncey B...2025
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• Trail Blazers Likely To Be Active, With Trade Calls Coming On Jerami Grant, Others

The Portland Trail Blazers are expected to be one of the more active teams in the NBA trade market as the deadline approaches, and Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report identifies a handful of players who could be on the move if the right offer comes along. Among the most notable names are Jerami […] The post Trail Blazers Likely To Be Active, With Trade Calls Coming On Jerami Grant, Others...2024
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• Northwest Notes: Grant, Kessler, Collins, Williams, Strawther, Braun
The Trail Blazers figure to be one of the more active teams in the trade market and Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report lists a handful of players who could be moved if the right offer comes along. That group includes Jerami Grant, Deandre Ayton, Anfernee Simons, Matisse Thybulle and Robert Williams. Grant could […]...2024
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• QO Updates: J. Walker, A. Mitchell, Two-Ways, Mann
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• The NBA has a replay review problem (and one simple change would fix it)
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• Jerami Grant Considered Most Likely Trade Candidate For Blazers

Jerami Grant is the player most likely to be traded this season by the Portland Trail Blazers, reports Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report. The Blazers re-signed Grant in 2023 on a five-year, $160 million contract. In August, Grant went on record indicating he preferred to remain with the Blazers. But at the age of 30, Grant will be aging out of his prime when Portland's core enters theirs and he ...2024
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• Northwest Notes: Clingan, Sharpe, Avdija, Gobert, Kessler
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• Northwest Notes: Billups, Trail Blazers, Holmgren, Nix
Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups tore into his team for failing to be competitive in Sunday’s loss to Memphis, writes Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report. Portland lost by 45 points while playing at home against a Grizzlies squad that was missing Ja Morant and Desmond Bane. Billups told reporters that he has no […]...2024
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• Portland’s Jerami Grant Responds to Trade Rumors
Not many NBA players are escaping the trade rumors right now, including Portland’s Jerami Grant, who has spoken honestly about what he’s hearing. The forward says he is happy where he is, according to Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report. “You definitely see it,” Grant said after scoring 30 points and eight rebounds in Portland’s 105-103 […] The post Portland&...2024
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• Zion Williamson trade rumors are NBA’s juiciest offseason storyline
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• Blazers star Damian Lillard’s candid reaction to breaking out of slump vs. Clippers
Following a couple of poor outings, Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard bounced back on Friday night in a big win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Dame dropped 25 points and dished out six assists while draining 5 of 7 attempts from downtown. Lillard had the perfect reaction to his performance post-game. Via Sean Highkin: […] The post Blazers star Damian Lillard’s candid reac...2021
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• Rajon Rondo ruled out for Game 5
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• Kristaps Porzingis Injury: Updates on Knicks Star's Achilles and Return
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• Portland Trail Blazers are for sale, and recent history tells us what they could go for

Photo by Tom Hauck/Getty Images Another NBA franchise is being sold. The Portland Trail Blazers are going on sale, according to a report from ESPN NBA Insider Shams Charania, t As set forth by Charania, the Estate of Paul G. Allen is starting a formal sales process for the franchise. Allen & Company, along with law firm Hogan Lovells, will lead the sales process. Charania reports that the ...2025
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• The NBA has a replay review problem (and one simple change would fix it)
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• NBA media day’s best and worst moments ahead of 2024-25 season

The best and worst moments from NBA media day NBA media day signals the beginning of training camp and the unofficial start of the new season. The Boston Celtics are reigning champions, but there’s no shortage of contenders coming from their crown in 2025 after an offseason loaded with big name players changing teams. Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges are now members of the New York Knicks. Pau...2024
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• Portland To Announce WNBA Expansion Team Set To Begin Play In 2026

Portland is expected to announce a WNBA expansion team featuring an ownership group lead by the Bhathal family, sources told Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report. The team is set to begin play in 2026, with an announce coming on September 10. The team's name and logo will be announced at a later date. The Bhathal family currently own the NWSL's Portland Thorns. With their knowledge of the Portla...2024
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• Spurs coach Gregg Popovich praises Martin Luther King Jr. as ‘modern founding father’
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich spoke on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday’s holiday in his name. Pop dropped effusive praise on Dr. King: “He’s basically like a modern founding father in a sense,” Popovich said, via Sean Highkin of Bleacher Report. “He’s the conscience of the country, trying to […] The post Spurs coach Gregg Popov...2021
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• Rockets vs. Warriors: Score, Highlights, Reaction from 2016 Regular Season
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• Derrick Rose, New York Knicks Finding Their Form and Friday NBA Takeaways
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• Dwyane Wade to Bulls: Top Takeaways from Star's Introductory Press Conference
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• NBA to Fund Health Care for Former Players with at Least 3 Seasons' Experience
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• Darryl Dawkins, NBA Legend, Dies at Age 58
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• Matt Barnes and Derek Fisher Reportedly Involved in Physical Altercation
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• NBA Africa Game 2015: Score and Twitter Reaction from Team Africa vs. Team World
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• Derrick Rose Exceeds All Expectations in Triumphant Return to NBA Playoffs
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• Anthony Davis, Pelicans Agree on New Contract: Latest Details and Reaction
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• Dwight Howard Says He Played with Torn MCL, Meniscus in 2015 Playoffs
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• Steve Kerr Announces Return to Warriors: Latest Comments and Reaction
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• Derrick Rose Silences Critics in Big Win over Oklahoma City Thunder
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• Vintage Derrick Rose Puts Cavs on Heels with Statement Game 1
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• Portland Trail Blazers are for sale, and recent history tells us what they could go for
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• The NBA has a replay review problem (and one simple change would fix it)
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• Trail Blazers’ Shaedon Sharpe Could Make Season Debut Thursday
Trail Blazers starting shooting guard Shaedon Sharpe, who has been shelved all season with a labral tear in his left shoulder, has had his status upgraded to “questionable” prior to Portland’s Thursday matchup against the Spurs, reports Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report (Twitter link). The intriguing third-year swingman could make his season debut in […]...2024
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• NBA media day’s best and worst moments ahead of 2024-25 season
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• Northwest Notes: Henderson, Ayton, Murray, Gordon, Flagler
Scoot Henderson received his first start since Jan. 14 on Thursday and Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups plans to keep him in the lineup, according to Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report (Twitter links). “The biggest thing is he deserves it. He’s just played really well,” Billups said. “I’ve wanted him to earn everything he […]...2024
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• Zion Williamson trade rumors are NBA’s juiciest offseason storyline
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• Northwest Notes: Blazers, Joe, Ingles, McDaniels
As Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report (subscription required) writes, the Trail Blazers looked ready on Friday to pull the plug on the 2022/23 season. Having slipped out of the play-in race during a recent six-game losing streak, Portland ruled out Damian Lillard (right calf tightness) and Jusuf Nurkic (right knee soreness) for Friday’s game […]...2023
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• Latest Damian Lillard update sure to please fans
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• Damian Lillard’s fiery message to the doubters ahead of Blazers’ 2022-23 season
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• Blazers star Damian Lillard gives brutally honest take on series with Nikola Jokic, Nuggets
Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard isn’t taking anything for granted as the team prepares for a first-round meeting with the Denver Nuggets. Despite beating Nikola Jokic and co. on the final day of the regular season, Dame knows that in the playoffs, literally, anything is possible, per Bleacher Report’s Sean Highkin: Damian Lillard: "I […] The post Blazers star Damia...2021
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• Blazers may have moved quickly on Chauncey Billups contract because of Suns speculation
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• Jerami Grant On Trade Rumors: I'm Cool Here
Jerami Grant has been in the NBA long enough to know trade rumors are part of the business. However, even as his name swirls around the rumor mill, Grant has no desire to leave the Portland Trail Blazers. "You definitely see it," Grant told Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report. "But it's not anything in my control. I'm cool here. I'm good with what I'm doing. Keep my head down and keep working, ...2024
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• Zion Williamson trade rumors are NBA’s juiciest offseason storyline
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• Damian Lillard picks Heat as trade destination preference, and it’s not as crazy as you think
Damian Lillard ignited another round of trade speculation with his latest podcast appearance. Damian Lillard’s future on the Portland Trail Blazers becomes a point of speculation every offseason. The story usually plays out like this: fans and media members beg Dame to request a trade from the only team he’s ever played for, Lillard appears to toy with the idea early in the summer before eventual...2023
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• Derrick Rose, New York Knicks Finding Their Form and Friday NBA Takeaways
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• Dwyane Wade to Bulls: Twitter Reacts to Star's Decision to Join Chicago
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• Thunder vs. Warriors: Game 1 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs
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• Clippers vs Trail Blazers: Game 4 Score, Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs
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• Cavaliers vs. Pistons: Game 4 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs
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• Wednesday NBA Roundup: Warriors Officially Own 'Best Team Ever' with 73 Wins
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