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Damian Lillard Trolls the Oklahoma City Thunder With New Shoe Commemorating 2019’s Epic Series Winner

Earlier today, Portland-based ESPN sneaker reporter Nick DePaula tweeted the Adidas is releasing an upcoming special edition of Lillard’s signature shoe, the Dame 7s, conspicuously designed in blue, black and orange—Thunder colors. In case there was any doubt, Lillard’s stats from Game 5 are printed under the tongue: 50 points, seven rebounds, six assists.

Wednesday Night’s Trail Blazers Game Is Postponed Due to the NBA’s COVID-19 Protocols

Tonight’s basketball game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies has been postponed due to COVID-19 contact tracing, the NBA has announced.

Portland Has No NBA-Approved Restaurants for Visiting Teams After Games This Season

In constructing the rules of conduct for players during this pandemic-plagued NBA season, the league issued a 134-page tome outlining health and safety protocols, one of them being that teams on the road would only be able to leave their hotels to grab dinner in a handful of league-approved restaurants in each host city.

Watch Damian Lillard Attempt to Teach Cardi B How to Play Basketball on the Rapper’s New Web Series

On her new web series, Cardi Tries, the Bronx rapper, political pundit and lovably raunchy media personality does what the title implies and attempts to learn a new skill. On the latest episode, she decides to give basketball a go.

The NBA’s Pandemic-Altered Season Has Barely Even Begun, and Things Have Already Gotten Weird for Blazers Beat Reporter Casey Holdahl

On the day of the first Blazers preseason game, and the start of his 13th year covering the team, beat reporter Casey Holdahl accidentally locked himself in a stairwell at Moda Center. Twice.

The Portland Trail Blazers Close Their Practice Facility Following Three Positive Tests for COVID-19

The Portland Trail Blazers are closing their training facility five days before the team’s first preseason game after three members of the organization recently tested positive for COVID-19.

The Clippers Blew a 3-1 Lead, and CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard Let ’Em Have It

Here’s one thing to be grateful for, though: At least you’re not the Los Angeles Clippers.

How the Portland Trail Blazers Won by Losing

The Blazers failed to win at basketball, but in a much larger way, they have won, because they get to leave the bubble, see their families again, and order takeout from somewhere that isn’t owned by all-time rent-seeking douche, Houston Rockets owner Tillman Fertitta.

Former Portland Trail Blazer Cliff Robinson Has Died

Cliff Robinson, the former Portland Trail Blazers star whose mix of skills and size made him a prototype for the modern NBA big man, has died. He was 53 years old. A cause of death has not been confirmed.

Portland Trail Blazers Join Other NBA Teams in a Strike Protesting the Police Shooting of Jacob Blake, Will Not Play Tonight

The Portland Trail Blazers have joined other NBA teams in opting out of their scheduled playoff game in protest of the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin.

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