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Portland Trail Blazers Announce the End of Its Partnership with Military Contractor Leupold & Stevens

Several groups, including the Portland Democratic Socialists of America, have protested the Blazers’ relationship with Leupold & Stevens, which supplies rifle scopes to the U.S. military and other armed forces, including the Israeli Defense Force.

The Blazers Unveiled a New Court Design for Their 50th Anniversary Season. Here’s Our Review.

Nice wood, with a two-toned key that is pure ’70s, a pinwheel with a “50 “in the middle, PORTLAND and TRAILBLAZERS on the baselines in the beautiful art-deco font the team used until someone convinced them that they should only use san serifs, for some reason.

Damian Lillard Just Dropped His Third Album, Featuring Collaborations with Lil Wayne and Jeremih

Today, Lillard, aka Dame D.O.L.L.A., dropped his third album, Big D.O.L.L.A., which features guest spots from the likes of Lil Wayne and Jeremih. It’s further proof that, unlike most NBA players, Lillard can actually rap. Powered by a little more bravado than Dame’s humble back catalog, Big D.O.L.L.A. is very bouncy and very wholesome—the “explicit” warning on opener “Sorry” is exclusively due to Lil Wayne verse, which is still probably one of Weezy’s cleanest verses ever. Best of all, the Good Kid M.A.A.D. City reminiscent, polaroid album cover features Dame posed on the hood of a Bentley next to his one year-old-son, Damian Jr., in matching child-sized Bentley.

Longtime Blazers Radio Broadcaster Brian Wheeler Will Not Return Next Season

No specific reason was given for his departure, but Wheeler has missed large swaths of the past few seasons due to health issues related to scrotal lymphedema, a condition he’s struggled with since 2013.

New Blazers Center Hassan Whiteside Handed out Doughnuts on the Streets of Portland Last Night

Over the last few days, the 30-year-old big man has been documenting his arrival in Portland on Instagram. Yesterday, he explored downtown Portland—and, like any new arrival, stopped at Voodoo Doughnut. He then went around handing them out to strangers, which is really the best use for a box of Voodoo.

Enes Kanter Alleges the Blazers Only Gave Him Six Minutes to Decide on Whether to Re-Sign With the Team

Apparently, the Blazers did have a shot at re-signing Kanter—they just didn’t give him enough time to make the decision.

Damian Lillard Just Dropped Two Diss Tracks Against Another NBA Player

Almost since he into the league, Blazers point guard Damian Lillard, aka Dame D.O.L.L.A., is widely considered the best rapper in the league. But a challenger to his throne has emerged, in the form of MB3FIVE, better known (?) as Sacramento Kings forward Marvin Bagley III.

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Portland Trail Blazers Announce the End of Its Partnership with Military Contractor Leupold & Stevens

The Blazers Unveiled a New Court Design for Their 50th Anniversary Season. Here’s Our Review.

Damian Lillard Just Dropped His Third Album, Featuring Collaborations with Lil Wayne and Jeremih

Longtime Blazers Radio Broadcaster Brian Wheeler Will Not Return Next Season

New Blazers Center Hassan Whiteside Handed out Doughnuts on the Streets of Portland Last Night

Enes Kanter Alleges the Blazers Only Gave Him Six Minutes to Decide on Whether to Re-Sign With the Team

Damian Lillard Just Dropped Two Diss Tracks Against Another NBA Player

Damian Lillard Will Reportedly Play a “Key Role” in LeBron James’ “Space Jam” Sequel

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