Portland Trail Blazers
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Matisse Thybulle Leaves Blazers for One-Year Lakers Deal, and Portland’s Wing Problem Is Now Its Own Doing
Matisse Thybulle took a one-year, $3.3 million Lakers deal after three weeks of free agency without a Portland agreement — and the Blazers’ guard-heavy, wing-light roster now has a hole they could have avoided.
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Report: Blazers View City’s Moda Center Term Sheet as a Non-Starter
A team source told The Athletic’s Jason Quick the city’s first-draft term sheet is a “non-starter” and the two sides are “very far apart” — days after 24 area mayors urged Portland to close the deal.
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Micah Nori Details Plans for Scoot Henderson in Portland’s Crowded Backcourt
New head coach Micah Nori told the Rose Garden Report he plans to build spacing around Scoot Henderson’s downhill game and use him off the ball in a backcourt that now includes Ja Morant, Jrue Holiday and Damian Lillard.
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City of Portland Sends Trail Blazers First Moda Center Term Sheet With 20-Year Non-Relocation Requirement
Two days after Adam Silver said the arena deal had gone off track, the city delivered a first-draft term sheet detailing roughly $573 million in public investment, a binding 20-year stay-in-Portland commitment and an August council vote — while two…
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Jazz Close Summer League With 83-79 Win Over Trail Blazers Behind Justin Harmon’s 21 Points
With Darryn Peterson, Ace Bailey and Cody Williams held out of the finale, Utah won on hustle stats — a 23-10 second-chance edge and 25-13 in fastbreak points — to finish 2-3 in Las Vegas.
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Trail Blazers Beat Nuggets 108-101, Ending Denver’s Summer League Playoff Hopes
Portland shot 54 percent and owned the paint 50-26 as Denver, needing a 15-point win to reach the Summer League playoff round, fell 108-101 despite 19 and 8 from Trevon Brazile.
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Adam Silver Says Moda Center Renovation Deal Has ‘Gone Off Track’
Speaking after the Board of Governors meeting in Las Vegas, the NBA commissioner said the Trail Blazers’ arena funding agreement with Portland has stalled, with a city council vote expected by Aug. 12.
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Trail Blazers Beat Timberwolves 111-84 for First Summer League Win as Yang Hansen Returns With 18 Points
Portland picked up its first win in Las Vegas behind Yang Hansen’s 18-point, 10-rebound, five-assist return from illness. Chris Youngblood led all scorers with 20.
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Trail Blazers Lose 112-105 to Magic in Summer League Overtime as Jayson Kent Scores 20, Yang Hansen Sits Out Sick
Portland forced overtime shorthanded but ran out of shooters in the extra period, falling 112-105 to Orlando. Jayson Kent led with 20 points and eight rebounds while Yang Hansen missed the game with an illness.
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Ja Morant, in First Comments Since Trade, Says Portland Gives Him a Chance to Start Fresh
Speaking to reporters in Las Vegas on Saturday, Ja Morant said the trade to Portland lets him show fans “a different Ja” — and that he is willing to come off the bench in the Blazers’ crowded backcourt.