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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.

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.

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.

Damian Lillard Is Threatening to Expand His Shooting Range All the Way to Half-Court

That tidbit—some might call it a warning—is part of 30-minute conversation covering everything from fatherhood to tattoos to religion to rapping with Shaq to how he’s been dealing with quarantine. He also gets introspective while talking about some of the biggest shots of his career. Oh, and there’s a Dame Jr. cameo as well.

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.

Nearly a Year After Suffering a Gruesome Leg Injury, Trail Blazers Center Jusuf Nurkic Is Set to Return Next Week

Almost a year to the day after enduring a horrifying on-court leg injury, Jusuf Nurkic has announced he will return to the Trail Blazers lineup on Sunday, March 15, in a game at Moda Center against the Houston Rockets. Yahoo Sports reporter Chris Haynes broke the news this afternoon.

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