Portland Trail Blazers News and Rumors

If You’re In Portland Tonight, Here’s Your Chance To Meet Damian Lillard

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

If you’re in Portland tonight, here’s your chance to meet Damian Lillard. The NBA’s Rookie of the Year will be stopping by Compound Gallery (107 NW 5th Ave.) tonight between 6:00 and 7:00 pm to sign autographs and celebrate the launch of the limited…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Can things get any better for Damian Lillard? He exceeded all expectations during a dynamic Rookie of the Year season, and can now add “get a giant banner of yourself” to his list of achievements. The folks at adidas honored the stalwart by throwing u…

nba.com

Two brothers allege that people standing near Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard assaulted them after one of the victims took a photo of the NBA Rookie of the Year.

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

The celebration of the incredible rookie season put together by the Blazers’ Damian Lillard rolls on. Check out these Real Deal x Damian Lillard Rookie of the Year limited addition kicks from adidas Basketball. The Real Deal originally appeared in the l…

Jaimie Canterbury, dimemag.com

The point guard position in the NBA has quickly become one of the most competitive spots in all of sports. There are so many good lead guards in the NBA that it’s impossible for any player at the position to take a night off. The position has seen a maj…

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Nate Tibbetts has joined the Portland Trail Blazers as an assistant coach.

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard was the only unanimous selection for the 2012-13 NBA All-Rookie first team, the league announced Tuesday.

Jaimie Canterbury, dimemag.com

The power forward position is without a doubt the most reliable position in the NBA. Most teams are going to struggle without a quality power forward to rely on when the going gets tough. When shots aren’t falling for the guards, power forwards are the …

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

Sadly, the inspiration behind the “Marge Simpson” character ‘Simpsons’ mastermind Matt Groening created a quarter-century ago died last month. Margaret Ruth Groening’s subsequent obituary in The Oregonian reads about as impressively as obits ten…

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

Damian Lillard accomplished almost everything as a rookie. Outside of nearly leading Portland to the playoffs — just having the Blazers in the conversation was impressive enough — Lillard led the NBA in total minutes, averaged 19 points a game, unanim…

Kristofer Habbas, dimemag.com

Each Wednesday, we’ll be assessing how the top prospects of the 2013 NBA Draft are faring in college and overseas. Stick with us each week for assorted thoughts, including the biggest risers and fallers, the standouts, the sleepers and what we know and …

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

We received an email from the Portland Trail Blazers and the NBA earlier tonight about a news conference scheduled for Wednesday afternoon (3:30 PT) that promises a “major announcement.” It’s not a question “if” Damian Lillard will win the NBA R…

nba.com

The New York Knicks' Chris Copeland and the Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in April.

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

With yesterday’s news that Rasheed Wallace decided to re-retire from the NBA, we took a look at some of our favorite classic ‘Sheed moments. We didn’t focus on one of favorite moments though – the time when a Portland Trail Blazers ‘Sheed was ej…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Golden State's Stephen Curry set a record for 3-pointers in a season when he hit his 270th in the second quarter of the Warriors' game Wednesday night against the Trail Blazers.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry made history on Wednesday, breaking the NBA record for the most 3-pointers made in a single season during the second quarter of his team's season-closing game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Curry's se…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Caron Butler scored 18 of his 22 points in the third quarter, and the Los Angeles Clippers routed the Portland Trail Blazers 93-77 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory.

Brandon Jefferson, dimemag.com

With the NBA Playoffs less than a week away, the fans of 16 teams are prepping themselves for the excitement of the second season, each team just 16 wins away from calling themselves world champions. However, there are 14 other teams that will not be ab…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Here’s a prime example of Andre Iguodala‘s skill set and athleticism on full display: Against the Portland Trail Blazers, he swoops in to stuff a J.J. Hickson dunk, then flies down the court to finish a Denver fast break with a huge dunk. For breaking…

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

As a player, Gary Trent was a bad dude. Other members of the eventual Portland Jail Blazers, like Rasheed Wallace and Damon Stoudamire, achieved “bad dude” status for (this is not a joke) being caught in a yellow Hummer with pot and empty Smirnoff Ice…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Andre Iguodala scored 28 points and the Denver Nuggets set an NBA franchise record with their 55th win Sunday, beating the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers 118-109 but losing another starter.

Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com

Pau Gasol explained he was thinking about the Los Angeles Lakers' chances in the long term when he called Kobe Bryant's 47 points in 48 minutes performance against the Portland Trail Blazers "bittersweet."