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Damian Lillard Will Be the First Trail Blazer to Appear on the Cover of the NBA 2K Video Game Series

Blazers point guard Damian Lillard was revealed today as the first of three players to grace the cover of the upcoming edition of the popular NBA 2K series.

The NBA Is About to Restart Its Season. Channing Frye Has Mixed Feelings About It.

Channing Frye doesn’t have to worry about whether or not to make the trip to Orlando—the former Blazer, who won a championship playing alongside LeBron James in Cleveland, retired in 2019. But he admits that, were he still playing, he’s not entirely sure he’d agree to go.

The Trail Blazers Were the Lone Team to Vote Against Restarting the NBA Season

As expected, the NBA today approved a proposal to resume its season in late July, with all remaining games played at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla. The vote on the plan among the league’s Board of Governors, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, was 29-1. The lone holdout? The Portland Trail Blazers.

The Blazers Will Compete for a Playoff Spot Next Month When the NBA Season Resumes

Under the proposal, along with the teams who were already occupying the top eight seeds in both conferences when the season stopped on March 11, all teams who were within six games of a playoff berth will compete in eight “regular season” games to determine the final seeding.

Going Through Basketball Withdrawal? Get Your Fix with MTV’s Rock N’ Jock B-Ball Jam from 1993

It’s a wonder the league hasn’t yet pulled the ultimate classic content out of the mothballs: MTV’s annual Rock N’ Jock charity games, in which active pros played while D-list celebs. It was a great Saturday afternoon time waster back in the ’90s.

Watch This Vintage Video of NBA Star Vernon Maxwell Punching a Blazers Fan, With Commentary by, Uh, Jerry Seinfeld

The victim, a Wilson High School graduate named Steve George, ended up suing Maxwell and the Rockets for a total of $4.5 million.

CJ McCollum Questions the Blazers’ Decision to Reopen the Team’s Practice Facility

The Portland Trail Blazers are among three NBA teams who’ve opted to reopen their practice facilities on Friday following a league ruling allowing players to resume training on a voluntary basis. But one of their star players is concerned about the decision.

Lewis & Clark College Made a Brief Cameo in Last Night’s Episode of the Michael Jordan Documentary “The Last Dance”

Yes, that’s His Airness practicing at Pamplin Sports Center on the campus of Lewis & Clark College, along with the rest of the early ’90s Bulls squad.

Trail Blazers Announce Another Slate of Classic Games to Air on Local Television

After a successful run of nightly classic content in March and April, NBC Sports Northwest has announced a second slate of retro Blazers games to keep Rip City occupied for at least another month.

The NBA Has Suspended Its Season After Utah Jazz Player Rudy Gobert Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Following a positive test for coronavirus among one of its players, the NBA has announced it is suspending its season. The announcement came shortly after confirmation that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. According to a press release, the test result came in before tipoff of a game between the Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder in Oklahoma City, causing the game to be abruptly cancelled.

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