The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Fire lost their first road game of the regular season, falling 90-73 to the Indiana Fever. The Fever had to make do without Caitlin Clark who was sidelined with a back issue. For the Fire, guard Carla Leite returned from an ankle injury, although she didn’t start. Forward Bridget Carleton led the way […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder will seek to redress the ills of their Game 1, double-overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs tonight as the two teams face off in Game 2 of the 2026 Western Conference Finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the 2026 MVP Award but Victor Wembanyama had a big-stage debut party in the first […]
The Portland Fire and Indiana Fever face off in a battle of two 2-2 WNBA teams today. The Fire are on the road. Can they pick up a big win? You can talk about the action here. The game starts at 4:00 PM, Pacific and will be televised on Rose City SportsNet. We’ll have a […]
Yesterday the Portland Trail Blazers laid off 70 members of the organization, an efficiency and cost-cutting measure occasioned by the transfer of ownership from the Paul Allen Estate to Tom Dundon’s ownership group in March. Predictably, the news caused plenty of angst. The event itself was by the numbers: management calls a meeting, HR presides, […]
Amid the gloom and doom reports surrounding the Portland Trail Blazers over the last 48 hours comes a nice glimmer of light. Former Blazer’s Edge staffer Ben Golliver is joining ESPN as Senior NBA Writer. Golliver was caught up in The Washington Post purge a couple months ago. It’s good to see a site alum […]
The Portland Trail Blazers call one of the best corners of the United States home. The Pacific Northwest is full of beautiful scenery, generally-friendly people, and some of the best cuisine in the country. That hasn’t stopped Portland from earning one of the less distinguished designations on The Athletic’s NBA Player Poll [subscription required]. The […]
The Dallas Mavericks and head coach Jason Kidd have mutually agreed to part ways after five seasons, the organization announced on Tuesday. ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reported the decision came as Kidd still had four years and over $40 million left on his contract with the Mavericks. Over five seasons in Dallas, Kidd guided the franchise […]
The NBA’s Western Conference Finals series got off to a hot start last night as the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs battled into double-overtime before the Spurs emerged victorious. Today the other side of the bracket activates as the New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers play for supremacy in the Eastern Conference and […]
News is filtering out today of the Portland Trail Blazers laying off several staff members. Terminations appear to be taking effect immediately. They come on the business side of the organization, not the basketball side. The most public-facing name reported so far is Digital Reporter Casey Holdahl. He tweets: I have indeed been let go […]
Interim Head Coach Tiago Splitter remains in charge of the Portland Trail Blazers locker room as of May, 2026, at least in name. The Blazers have neither moved on from Splitter nor formally announced prospective candidates to replace him. Portland’s coaching situation remains foggy as of this juncture, with Magic 8-Balls providing as much information […]
The Blazer’s Edge Staff is a wonderful and somewhat large group. One of the special writers who joined the party this year was Lono Waiwaiole, a beautiful soul who throws his heart into every word he types. Lono is one of our members in a different time zone, living in the 50th State, several hours […]
As we move through our player recaps for the Portland Trail Blazers’ 2025-26 NBA season, next up is reserve wing Matisse Thybulle. When Thybulle hit restricted free agency three seasons ago, the Dallas Mavericks offered him a Mid-Level Exception contract to the tune of 3 years and $33.5 million. He signed the offer sheet, which […]
The 2026 NBA Draft will be held on June 23rd and 24th at Barclays Center in New York City. The Portland Trail Blazers don’t currently have a pick in this year’s draft, but that won’t dull the buzz around it any. This is supposed to be one of the deepest, most top-heavy drafts in recent […]
The Portland Fire earned, and I do mean earned, their second win of the season on Monday evening in a grueling 83-82 victory over the Connecticut Sun. The leading scorers for the Fire were Bridget Carlton and Sarah Ashlee Barker who each had 18 points in the contest. The Sun featured five players in double-digits, […]
The 1-2 Portland Fire welcome the 0-4 Connecticut Sun to the Moda Center in WNBA action tonight! We’ll have a recap of the game when the action is finished. In the meantime you can talk about the matchup with your fellow Fire fans here! The basic info: 7:00 PM, Pacific—Connecticut Sun at Portland Fire, televised […]
The Western Conference Finals series in the 2026 NBA Playoffs is here. The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs will face off tonight in Game 1 of their best-of-seven contest to see who will make it to the NBA Finals and a chance at a championship. Here’s the info on the game: 5:30 PM, […]
The 2025-26 NBA season provided a lot of experience for a Portland Trail Blazers team starting to make their push into the NBA Playoffs. Throughout the season, Portland was able to weather injuries and overcome slumps from deep to make its first postseason appearance since the 2020-21 NBA season. Once there, one of the biggest […]
With franchise legend Damian Lillard’s return to the floor no longer a far-off scenario, the Portland Trail Blazers now have a bevy of guards who ideally would play big roles next season. The Blazers roster the talented but up-and-down duo of Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe, both still just 22. They’ve also got the talented […]
The New Orleans Pelicans are hiring Jamahl Mosley as their new head coach on a five-year contract, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Monday morning. Mosley, 47, spent the past five seasons as the head coach of the Orlando Magic, amassing a 189-221 record and leading the franchise to three consecutive playoff berths. Orlando fired Mosley on […]
The roulette wheel keeps spinning on the Portland Trail Blazers’ search for a potential new head coach. Seemingly every week now a crop of new names arises, most of them from the relatively-inexpensive ranks of NBA assistant coaches. This week is no exception, as Jake Fischer is reporting in his latest substack [subscription required] that […]
Blazer’s Edge readers, prepare to witness the greatest happening in sport: Game 7 Basketball! That’s right. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons will duke it out this evening in a win-or-go-home matchup to decide who gets to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Here’s the game info: No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers @ No. 1 Detroit […]
Portland Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon has addressed the criticism swirling around the NBA world about him and the franchise’s controversial cost-cutting measures since he took over this spring. In his first public comments since his introductory press conference in April, Dundon participated in an extensive interview this week on The Ringer’s “Game Over” podcast […]
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won his second consecutive MVP award, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has joined the exclusive club of NBA legends who have won back-to-back MVP awards, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Sunday. The official announcement will be made by the NBA later Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are going to be in the middle of multiple trade rumors during the Summer of 2026. A team with valuable assets, no current draft picks, and a thirst for improvement is going to pique the interest of rival GM’s and media members alike. Whether or not the Blazers end up making […]
Terry Stotts last coached the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2020-21 season. After being dismissed from the position, he took a couple years off from the NBA before returning as an assistant coach with Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors. As recent reports have indicated, he’ll move on from that post this summer. What’s […]