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Deandre Ayton out; Damian Lillard in?: Blazer Focused podcast
Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian/OregonLive and Craig Birnbach discuss the latest news surrounding the Portland Trail Blazers.
Trail Blazers sign center Yang Hansen to rookie contract
The Portland Trail Blazers signed center Yang Hansen to a rookie-scale contract, the team announced Tuesday. The Blazers ...
Former Blazers center Deandre Ayton agrees to deal with Los Angeles Lakers: Report
Chris Haynes first reported the news. Over the weekend, the Blazers and Ayton agreed to a buyout of the final year of his ...
Trail Blazers to save $10 million on Deandre Ayton’s buyout entering free agency
The Portland Trail Blazers will save roughly $10 million after buying out the contract of center Deandre Ayton. But don’t ...
Can the Trail Blazers offseason already be declared a success?
By moving off the high-dollar contracts of two veteran players who no longer fit the team’s timeline or identity, general ...
Trail Blazers trade back, select center Yang Hansen from China at No. 16
The Portland Trail Blazers selected Washington State wing Cedric Coward with the No. 11 pick in Wednesday night’s NBA draft, ...
Trail Blazers and Deandre Ayton agree to contract buyout
The Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to buy out the final year of center Deandre Ayton ’s contract, making him a free agent, an NBA source has confirmed to The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Blazers GM Joe Cronin not allowing pending franchise sale to impact his agenda
Joe Cronin, the Portland Trail Blazers’ general manager, is immersed in his fifth offseason in charge of the direction of the ...
Trail Blazers’ draft pick Yang Hansen ‘excited’ to make Rip City his basketball home: ‘I really like the city’
The Blazers introduced the 7-foot-1 center on Friday after making him the No. 16 selection during Wednesday's NBA draft.
Trail Blazers land undrafted Caleb Love on two-way contract
The Blazers are signing Arizona wing Caleb Love to a two-way contract, an NBA source told The Oregonian/OregonLive. ESPN’s ...
Trail Blazers’ ‘reach’ for Yang Hansen was nearly 2 years in the making
The Blazers began scouting Yang in 2023 and had no hesitation about taking the 7-1 center earlier than many projected he ...
A look into the lengthy journey that led the Trail Blazers to make the NBA draft’s most surprising pick
Portland Trail Blazers assistant general managers Mike Schmitz and Sergi Oliva travelled to China in the fall of 2023 on a ...