Tag: Portland Trail Blazers
Eric Pincus breaks down each team’s 2017-18 cap projections for Basketball Insiders.
Jusuf Nurkic is in Portland and ready to get to work. The Trail Blazers acquired the big man known as the “Bosnian Beast” on Sunday in exchange for center Mason Plumlee. Portland also received a first-round draft pick in the deal. Asked after arriving Monday if he thinks he’ll fit in with his new team, […]
Jesse Blancarte breaks down and evaluates how Portland and Denver did in their recent trade.
If you were caught off guard by news the Blazers had traded their starting center to the Denver Nuggets for Jusuf Nurkic and a first-round draft pick, you were not alone. Plumlee’s teammates were just as shocked to see such an integral part of the team shipped away in the midst of a playoff chase. […]
Sources on @TheVertical: Portland sends Denver center Mason Plumlee and '18 2nd-round pick for Jusuf Nurkic and '17 first-rounder (via Griz) — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 12, 2017 Source: Adrian Wojnarowksi of The Vertical
Portland Trail Blazers swingman Evan Turner broke his right hand during the third quarter of Tuesday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks. The team announced that Turner broke the third metacarpal in his shooting hand. A timetable for Turner’s recovery has yet to be established. Source: Tim MacMahon of ESPN
With the deadline approaching, Ben Dowsett looks at the names to watch in the Northwest Division.
After beating Memphis two nights before with a 15-0 run himself in the final three minutes, [Russell] Westbrook scored 19 of the Thunder’s final 22 points [en route to beating the Blazers 105-99], finishing with a tidy 42, his eighth 40-point game of the season (tied with James Harden for the most in the NBA). […]
NBA salary cap guru Eric Pincus reveals the NBA’s decreased cap projections for the next two seasons.
Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum can’t go on vacation, so he found a back-up plan: participating in the 3-point shootout at All-Star Weekend. “I wanted to go on vacation,” McCollum said Saturday. “If I’m not going to play in the game, I would rather be on vacation. But I can’t be on vacation since […]
