Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers have traded Sergio Rodriguez and draft pick Jon Brockman of Washington to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for forward Jeff Pendergraph out of Arizona State.

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Kevin Pritchard and Nate McMillan discuss drafting Victor Claver, Jeff Pendergraph, Dante Cunningham and Patrick Mills during the 2009 NBA Draft. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers have moved up to the 22nd pick in the NBA draft, giving the Dallas Mavericks the No. 24 pick and two second-rounders in exchange.

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to the second hour of Trail Blazers Courtside with Mike Rice, Antonio Harvey and Jay Allen. Guest on this week's show include Kevin Pritchard, John Hollinger and Chris Monter. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

 PA Villanova forward Dante Cunningham is one of six players scheduled to workout for the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday. The NBA Draft is set for Thursday, June 25. Please support The Phanatic Magazine and all independent media. ...

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to the second hour of Trail Blazers Courtside with Brian Wheeler, Mike Rice and Joe Freeman of The Oregonian. Guests on this week's show include Chad Buchanan, Trail Blazers Director of... This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

 CA If the Orlando Magic are in need of any historical perspective or inspiration as they face a two-game deficit to the LA Lakers in the NBA Finals, they could do worse than look at the 1977 Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers were underdogs in the'77 ...

As you've probably heard by now, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian has revealed that the Portland Trail Blazers are being shunned by some of the top prospects for workouts citing the team's position in the draft and talented roster as the primary reason. ...

  USA It's obvious the Kings have been watching the Portland Trail Blazers, who play in a similar market where a once-rabid fan base cooled on the team. Since winning the No. 1 overall pick (Greg Oden) two years ago, the Blazers have been more cooperative ...

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to Trail Blazers General Manager Kevin Pritchard on the June 1 edition of The Bald Faced Truth With John Canzano. Audio provided courtesy of 95.5 The Game. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to Larry Miller, Trail Blazers Team President, on the May 18th edition of Trail Blazers Courtside. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to Tom Penn, Trail Blazers Vice President Of Basketball Operations, on the May 18th edition of Trail Blazers Courtside. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to Chad Buchanan Trail Blazers Director of College Scouting, on the May 18th edition of Trail Blazers Courtside. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to Trail Blazers General Manager Kevin Pritchard on the May 12, 2009 edition of The Thundering Herd with Colin Cowherd. Audio provided courtesy of ESPN. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

 OR They include the Portland Trail Blazers, Pacific Power, PGE, Qwest Communications, Reser's Fine Foods, Northwest Natural Gas, and Laborers Local 483, the union representing parks employees. "To have one more headline saying something that is so vital ...

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to the second hour of Trail Blazers Courtside with Mike Barrett, Mike Rice and Antonio Harvey. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to Kevin Pritchard on the May 4, 2009 edition of Trail Blazers Courtside. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

went on the road and knocked off the San Antonio Spurs 106-93 on Tuesday night to take their best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series 4-1 and now advance and will face the winner of the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets series. ...

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Listen to Trail Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard on the April 24th edition of the Jim Rome Show. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

By dan.harbison@trailblazers.com (Portland Trail Blazers) Houston Rockets center Yao Ming addresses the media after defeating the Portland Trail Blazers 108-81 on April 18, 2009. This is the Official Podcast of the Portland Trail Blazers

By Ben. When the Portland Trail Blazers closed the door on the 2008-2009 regular season, and closed the door on years of hitting the links in mid-April, I found myself in a dark tunnel, looking over the shoulder of a bubbly trail cat, watching as players, coaches, and spouses made the short, joyou...

By Dave The Portland Trail Blazers are back in the playoffs.  And they got there in style, with a top four seed and an incredible run to end the season.  It's far more than even the greediest fanboy could have wished for in mid-April of 2008.  Celebrate, Portland.  Celebrate hard.

By swamigp Rudy Fernandez and the Portland Trail Blazers continued to roll, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers at the Rose Garden for another impressive win. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Rudy Fernandez and the Portland Trail Blazers continued to roll, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers a

By Dave More photos » by D. Clarke Evans - NBAE/Getty Images Holy...hopping...hornytoads.  Blazers win.  Blazers WIN!!! BOOM!  Oden dunks back a Brandon Roy miss. KA-ZING!  Brandon Roy makes a layup. This game marked the next cuts in the Jersey Contest playoffs. Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

By Dave As far as game flow, Portland got off to a nice start.  Phoenix was taking perimeter jumpers.  Steve Nash was looking to pass instead of breaking down the defense.  The Blazers, behind the energy of Nicolas Batum and the scoring of LaMarcus Aldridge, were collecting misses, pushing tempo, a...

By Ben. Introduction: The Blazers Defense is not Very Good (?) The Conversation: Kevin Pelton, Please Save Us Thankfully, we've got the Prince of Perspective: Basketball Prospectus's Kevin Pelton.  For a refresher on KP2, check out his previous Blazers-centric work here and here.

DPA SPORTS Basketball NBA Parker shines with 37 points, short-handed Spurs manhandle Mavs By Paul Levine, dpa?? = ?? Los Angeles (dpa) - With two of their brightest stars sidelined by injuries, San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker seized the opportunity to sparkle in the spotlight. ?? "The Fre...

By kylelaggner@news.oregonian.com McMillan regularly singles Blake out during pre- and postgame team meetings and during film review sessions, particularly when Blake faces the NBA's best point guards. All-Star Brandon Roy and emerging third-year player LaMarcus Aldridge may be the Blazers' offensive focal points,...

By kylelaggner@news.oregonian.com The maturing Blazers are growing tougher, more physical and more rugged each and every game. Win or lose, opposing teams are starting to discover that these baby Blazers are pushovers no longer. Bruce Ely/The OregonianGreg Oden shoots as the Portland Trail Blazers face the New Orleans Ho...

By swamigp In the 2006 NBA Draft the Portland Trail Blazers held the #4 overall pick. This was too low for their taste. The Blazers knew their targeted player would be chosen sooner. So, General Manager Kevin Pritchard went to work. He called the Chicago Bulls, who had the second pick, with hopes of pullin...

By swamigp The Portland Trail Blazers have been a surprise in this early season. They have the talent that other teams salivate over, and a future that is as bright as can be. But, because they are the second youngest team in the NBA (to the Memphis Grizzlies), they are still in transitional mode, trying...

By andrew kafoury So thank you, National Basketball Association...because last night's game reminded me that a team of veterans will whoop us into shape any day, and the odds of us making the playoffs this year is a lot slimmer than it seems.  Not only that, but what is the point of having a season where you make th...

By sports@news.oregonian.com Don Ryan, AP PhotoBrandon Roy drives to the hoop past Dallas Mavericks forward Devean George during Thursday night's game in Portland. The Trail Blazers' run of Christmas success came to a screeching halt Thursday night at the Rose Garden at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks, who escaped...

By Dave 1.  This was playoff-level basketball.  In fact I’m not sure the Celtics came as hard tonight as they would in a playoff series.  The Blazers can learn from this for their own post-season ventures.  We are more than ready for the regular season.  We are ready to take a place in the playoffs and we w...

By Dave If you haven't been following the Portland Trail Blazers, it's time to stop calling yourself a basketball fan. As Jason Quick wrote in a story for the Oregonian, "The Trail Blazers have become the pick- your-poison team of the NBA, with a variety of weapons at their disposal to tease oppone...

By Casey Holdahl(noreply@blogger.com) • Kerry Eggers, Portland Tribune: Starting center Greg Oden says he is trying not to get too geeked up for the opener. • Mike Kahn, FoxSports.com: Best rookie: Greg Oden, Portland Trail Blazers Most improved player: LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland Trail Blazers

What's weirding me out, however, is that this year, the big Greg Oden/Brandon Roy/LaMarcus Aldridge/Rudy Fernandez/Gang's All Here Year, it's not just us geeky Blazer fans who are talking about the Blazers. But I'm not exactly down about the Portland Trail Blazers. I'm just not yet convi...

By Basketbawful Fun Facts: Last season, Portland was ranked dead last in fast break points (7.9 per game). They were also last in points in the point (31.2). The Blazers had three number one overall drafts picks before Oden: LaRue Martin (1972), Bill Walton (1974), and Mychal Thompson (1978). Speaking of whic...

By Dave 1  Boston Celtics 5  Cleveland Cavaliers 8  Chicago Bulls Cavaliers def. 76’ers Celtics def. Cavaliers Western Conference 4  San Antonio Spurs 5  Houston Rockets 6  Phoenix Suns 7  Dallas Mavericks 8  Portland Trail Blazers Hornets def. Mavericks Western Conference Finals NBA Finals

By J.E. Skeets Key Players Added: Greg Oden with knees (rehab), Rudy Fernandez (draft), Jerryd Bayless (draft-trade combo), Nicolas Batum (draft-trade combo), Ike Diogu (trade), Luke Jackson (free agent), Shavlik Randolph (free agent), approximately 50,000 bandwagon fans 77 Blazermania:

By khandor LAKERS LAKERS 08:18 14:41 08:32 Mihm 08:32 06:23 Yue 03:28 03:28 e.g. Boston Celtics, LA Lakers, Detroit Pistons, New Orleans Hornets, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers;

By Dave PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS Record:  41-41, 3rd Northwest Division, 10th in Western Conference Coach:  Nate McMillan Key Players PG:  Steve Blake, Sergio Rodriguez, Jerryd Bayless SG:  Brandon Roy, Rudy Fernandez C:  Greg Oden, Joel Przybilla

By Ben. Portland Trail Blazers Key Losses: Jarrett Jack, James Jones, Darius Miles, Josh McRoberts, Von Wafer, Rehabbing Greg Oden Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs.  Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs. Playoffs.

By Trevor Smith That came when the team signed Ruben Patterson, who had pled no contest to felony sexual assault and was a registered sex offender. Further, Qyntel Woods pled guilty to first-degree animal abuse for staging dog fights at his home. The team’s reputation suffered from these and other incide...

By dberri But that's not what happened.  When the season ended the Trail Blazers had won 41 games.  Although this mark left Portland out of the playoffs in the Western Conference, it would have been good enough to make the post-season in the East.  So what happened? 

By Tom Ziller A lot of folks are picking Portland ahead of Denver. Is that right? We asked Jeremy of Pickaxe and Roll for his thoughts.As currently constituted, I believe the Denver Nuggets are a playoff team and the second best team in the Northwest Division behind the despised Utah Jazz. Many observers a...

By Ben. In a recent interview with HoopsWorld.com writer Wendell Maxey, The Portland Tribune's Kerry Eggers was asked for his thoughts regarding blogs.  As recently as last week, on this very blog, I commended Eggers for an "insightful" piece on the developing sports radio battle between 95.5FM...

By Dave We started with the Pacers Danny Granger. But as GM Larry Bird put it "the one team [he] wouldn't trade Granger to was the Portland Trail Blazers." Our quest moved on to Pistons reserve Point Guard Rodney Stuckey, who was a part of a four-team trade that sent Rasheed Wallace to Philadelphia an...

The Portland Trail Blazers left for Sacramento on Thursday afternoon with a rejuvenated outlook. Tuesday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers had given ... Roy, Trail Blazers beat LA 112-103 The News-Review Roy paces Portland past Lakers PhillySportsline

By David Friedman LeBron James posted his seventh triple double of the season (24 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds) as the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame a 13 point first half deficit to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers 88-80 at Quicken Loans Arena. With starting center Zydrunas Ilgauskas sidelined by a back injury, the Cavaliers needed their other bigs to pick up the slack offensively, defensively and on the glass. Joe Smith finished with 18 points, five rebounds and a game-high plus/minus rating of +13. Anderson Varejao scored a season-high 16 points while also grabbing nine rebounds. Ben Wallace started at center but had five rebounds and no points in less than 16 first half minutes; at halftime, the team announced that he had back spasms and would not re...   [read the full post]