Portland Trail Blazers

The WNBA's two newest franchises, the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo, will begin building their rosters April 3 in the 2026 expansion draft.

The franchises are installed. Uniforms and mascots have been designed. And the league itself is back open for business. Now, it’s time for two new WNBA teams to put players on the floor. Friday’s expansion draft brings the Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire into focus as both newcomers get a chance to add talent from around the W. Fans in the expanded markets tune in to witness history. Fans elsewhere bid farewell to important contributors. It all goes down five weeks out from the season opener. Ho

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The Los Angeles Clippers are pretty much locked into the Play-In tournament, and at this point, they’re fighting for seeding purposes. They came into their game against the San Antonio Spurs with the No. 8 seed, and after a 118-99 loss and the Portland Trail Blazers defeating the New Orleans Pelicans, they slid down to […] The post Clippers’ Darius Garland stiffs media after another brutal performance in costly loss to Spurs appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Portland and Toronto are on the clock to start building out their rosters. These players could be picks Friday.

Jrue Holiday had 27 points, including seven 3-pointers, and the Trail Blazers downed the New Orleans Pelicans 118-106 on Thursday night with Portland's new owners looking on. Deni Avdija added 26 points for the Blazers, who have won three straight and eight of their last 10 games. Toumani Camara finished with 23 points.

New Blazers owner Tom Dundon said the team's mindset is shifting from a mindset of developing young talent to having loftier goals, saying, "It's more fun to win."

Trail Blazers get penalized for illegal contact with young big man Yang Hansen.

The WNBA's two newest teams, the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo, will be conducting the expansion draft on Friday

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Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky did not have the 2025 WNBA season they were hoping for, finishing the year with a 10-34 record and missing out on a spot in the playoffs for a second consecutive season. Now, Reese and the Sky will turn their attention to the 2026 WNBA season, which they open on May 9 against one of the league’s newest expansion teams, the Portland Fire.

Tom Dundon delivered a direct message to Portland Trail Blazers players on his first day as owner Tuesday that the franchise's current trajectory falls short of his expectations. The meeting took place inside Intuit Dome prior to Portland's game against the LA Clippers. "Right now, where we are isn't where I think we can be," Dundon told the team. Dundon, who also owns the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes, built a winning culture through a combination of analytics and instinct. Carolina has reached ...

The Blazers said in a statement they self-reported the violation to the league.

Before the 2026 WNBA expansion draft, Swish Appeal conducts a mock draft for the Fire and Tempo.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Deni Avdija had 28 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, Jrue Holiday hit seven 3s and finished with 30 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped the Los Angeles Clippers' five-game win streak, 114-104 on Tuesday night. The Clippers (39-37) are eighth in the Western Conference, a half-game in front of the ninth-place Blazers (39-38). Los Angeles leads the season series — which wraps up April 10 in Portland — with the Blazers 2-1. Toumani Camara scored 17 points an...

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The NBA regular season enters its final stretch this Tuesday, March 31, as the Portland Trail Blazers travel to Southern California to face the LA Clippers at the brand-new Intuit Dome. Portland (38-38) finds itself in the thick of the Play-In race, currently fighting to move up from the ninth spot in the Western Conference. Meanwhile, the Clippers (39-36) are looking to maintain their momentum during a five-game winning streak to secure a top-six seed. With both teams desperate for every vic...

There are also some games with important seeding implications, including the Trail Blazers at the Clippers.

The NBA Board of Governors has unanimously approved the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers to a group led by Dallas businessman Tom Dundon, a league source told The Athletic. The deal is structured at an approximate total value of $4.25 billion. The transaction ends the Allen family's ownership era dating to 1988. It is structured in two stages: an 80.1 percent stake closes March 31 at a $4 billion valuation, with the remaining 19.9 percent closing no later than September 1, 2028, at a $4.5 b...