Trail Blazers Are at the Top of the List to Fall Out of the NBA Playoffs. Here’s Why. Will the Ja Morant experiment work out for the Portland Trail Blazers? An NBA scout weighs in. Sports Illustrated · Sep 23
The Four Most Important Things Adam Silver Said in Press Conference: Las Vegas Expansion and More The most important things to know from Adam Silver’s latest press conference, from how the NBA decided the Clippers’ punishment to Blazers relocation rumors. Sports Illustrated · Sep 15
Trail Blazers Must Decide Their Next Move After Shaedon Sharpe’s Injury Shaedon Sharpe’s prolonged absence gives the Trail Blazers time to figure out their crowded guard room. Sports Illustrated · Aug 25
Tom Dundon Is Betting His NHL Formula Will Work in the NBA Despite the Critics The new Trail Blazers owner has implemented sweeping layoffs and budget cuts, convinced the blueprint that delivered a Stanley Cup in Carolina can succeed in Portland. Sports Illustrated · Jul 24
NBA Expansion Debate Looms Over Trail Blazers’ Moda Center Standoff With Portland As the NBA decides whether to move to 32 teams, the Trail Blazers are not happy with the state of negotiations around funding for Moda Center renovations. Sports Illustrated · Jul 22
Ja Morant Is Grateful for ‘Fresh Start’ in Portland—Why Trail Blazers Were His Best Trade Destination Ja Morant is ready for his clean slate in Portland. Here’s why he fits with the Blazers despite a crowded guard room. Sports Illustrated · Jul 12
Chris Mannix’s NBA Notes: Could LeBron James’s Next Team Include Anthony Davis? Plus, more on Portland’s decision to acquire Ja Morant and inside Detroit’s Jalen Duren problem. Sports Illustrated · Jun 30
Trail Blazers Surge in Jaylen Brown Next Team Market on Kalshi The Portland Trail Blazers are the favorites to land Jaylen Brown if he's traded. Sports Illustrated · Jun 29
Grizzlies’ Ja Morant Traded to Trail Blazers in Shocking Deal: Grading Move for Memphis, Portland The Grizzlies traded Morant to the Trail Blazers in a surprising deal. Sports Illustrated · Jun 29
Jaylen Brown Trade Destinations: Four Teams That Should Pursue Celtics Superstar If Jaylen Brown is on the trade block in Boston, these four teams would be better off if they traded for his All-NBA talents. Sports Illustrated · Jun 25
2025 NBA Draft Hits and Misses: Revisiting Cooper Flagg’s Draft Class One Year Later A look back at the biggest hits and misses from the 2025 NBA draft. Sports Illustrated · Jun 24
Five What-Ifs That Would Break NBA History Some NBA moments were one bounce away from changing everything. These five what-ifs show how close the league came to a completely different history. inkl · Jun 23
The end of the NBA’s American empire: how the 1986 draft changed basketball for ever European players had long been dismissed as a risk by NBA teams. But two picks by the Portland Trail Blazers helped usher in the league’s international era The Guardian - US · Jun 22
Grading the Bulls’ Tiago Splitter Hire: Did Chicago Make the Right Call With New Head Coach? Grading the Bulls’ decision to hire Tiago Splitter away from the Trail Blazers to be the franchise’s next head coach. Sports Illustrated · Jun 15
Sports Illustrated · May 22 NBA Coaching Carousel: Latest Rumors Surrounding Mavericks, Blazers and Bulls Openings All the latest rumors about the NBA’s four open head coaching jobs as the Chicago Bulls, Orlando Magic, Portland Trail Blazers and Dallas Mavericks look for new coaches.
Sports Illustrated · May 20 Ranking the Open NBA Coaching Jobs After Mavericks’ Decision to Move On From Jason Kidd With the opportunity to coach Cooper Flagg in Dallas now on the table, here’s how the four NBA openings stack up.
International Business Times UK · May 20 Blazers Layoffs: Staffer Says Cuts Hit Highest Salaries From Spreadsheet With No Care The Portland Trail Blazers laid off around 70 employees as part of owner Tom Dundon's cost-cutting strategy, sparking debate over the impact on the team's future and employee morale.
Sports Illustrated · May 19 Chris Mannix’s NBA Notes: Blazers Owner Tom Dundon Deserves Some Leeway in New League Plus, how will Jamahl Mosley fit in with the Pelicans’ tricky situation and what will Jalen Duren’s next contract be worth?
Sports Illustrated · May 14 Chris Mannix’s NBA Notes: Joel Embiid’s Contract Albatross Weighing on 76ers’ ‘Fresh Start’ Plus, why players want input on referees, the Trail Blazers could be close to hiring a new coach and what’s next for Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Sports Illustrated · May 11 Highest-Scoring NBA Playoff Games: Where Knicks’ Playoff Explosions Stack Up A look at the highest-scoring NBA playoff games of all time both in combined scores and single-team performances.
Sports Illustrated · May 4 Winners and Losers From the First Round of the NBA Playoffs With just eight teams left standing, a look back at one of the best first rounds in recent memory.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 29 Why LeBron James Says He’s Never Compared His Game to Michael Jordan’s Plus, his thoughts on the “tiring” GOAT debate.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 29 Why Tina Fey Was the Absolute Best Celeb Sighting During Knicks’ Win Over Hawks at MSG Protect her at all costs.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 29 What Victor Wembanyama Said After Winning First Career Playoff Series Wemby moves on to his first-ever conference semifinals.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 29 Joel Embiid Just Thankful He’s Playing After Dominating Celtics in Game 5 Joel Embiid looked like himself against the Celtics. He’s just happy to be on the floor.