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NBA Rumors – Portland Trail Blazers Don’t Want Pat Connaughton Playing Baseball
The Portland Trail Blazers have no intention of letting Pat Connaughton, their incoming rookie out of Notre Dame, try to become the next two-sport athlete on their dime, despite the Baltimore Orioles having serious interest in him playing for them.
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NBA Rumors – Portland Trail Blazers Help Cleveland Cavaliers Get rid of Brendan Haywood & Mike Miller
It was always going to be one of two teams; the Philadelphia 76ers or Portland Trail Blazers, that helps the Cleveland Cavaliers get rid of Brendan Haywood and Mike Miller, helping them get some massive luxury tax relief and gain a pretty substantial trade exception.
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NBA Rumors – LaMarcus Aldridge on Not Hating Damian Lillard, Leaving the Portland Trail Blazers, Weird New York Knicks & Los Angeles Lakers Second Chance
The biggest free agent this offseason was LaMarcus Aldridge, who left the Portland Trail Blazers (not because of Damian Lillard), chose to sign with the San Antonio Spurs while leaving teams like the Los Angeles Lakers disappointed and not even meeting with the New York Knicks.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers & Portland Trail Blazers or Philadelphia 76ers Will do Brendan Haywood Trade
The Cleveland Cavaliers are going to turn Brendan Haywood into a massive trade exception, and will be using either the Portland Trail Blazers or the Philadelphia 76ers in order to make that deal happen.
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NBA Rumors – Oklahoma City Thunder Deny Portland Trail Blazers From Signing Enes Kanter
As expected, the Oklahoma City Thunder matches the offer sheet the Portland Trail Blazers signed Enes Kanter to. It means the Thunder have another player on a maximum contract, and the Blazers remain very weak in the frontcourt.
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NBA Rumors – San Antonio Spurs & Dallas Mavericks Destroy the Portland Trail Blazers & Los Angeles Clippers With LaMarcus Aldridge, DeAndre Jordan & Wesley Matthews Signings
The San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks are the big winners of the 2015 NBA free agency, be it for signing LaMarcus Aldridge while being able to keep Tim Duncan, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard and possibly Manu Ginobili, or for making up for lost players by adding Wesley Matthews and DeAndre Jordan, while putting serious hurt on the Los Angeles Clippers hopes, or almost dismantling the Portland Trail Blazers.
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NBA Rumors – Milwaukee Bucks Beat the New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers & Los Angeles Lakers to Greg Monroe
Another major player in this free agency is off the market, as the Milwaukee Bucks manage to beat the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers to Greg Monroe after five seasons with the Detroit Pistons.
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NBA Free Agency: New Orleans Pelicans & San Antonio Spurs Give Anthony Davis & Kawhi Leonard Max Extensions; Portland Trail Blazers Sign Al-Farouq Aminu; Brooklyn Nets re-sign Brook Lopez & Thaddeus Young
No big signings yet after the first night of free agency in the NBA, only re-signings. The New Orleans Pelicans might make Anthony Davis the highest paid player in the NBA, the San Antonio Spurs re-sign Kawhi Leonard for a max deal, the Portland Trail Blazers make the first interesting move by signing Al-Farouq Aminu while the Brooklyn Nets surprise some by re-signing both Brook Lopez and Thaddeus Young.
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NBA Rumors: New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors & New Orleans Pelicans Interested in Signing Al-Farouq Aminu
He’s not much of a scoring or shooting threat, but Al-Farouq Aminu did enough last season to impress his own team, the Dallas Mavericks, and others to gain himself a nice, long list of suitors: The New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors and New Orleans Pelicans.
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NBA Rumors – Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors & Dallas Mavericks Interested in Signing Wesley Matthews
There’s more to the Portland Trail Blazers in this free agency than just their All-Star power forward. Wesley Matthews, coming back from a torn Achilles which might have cost his team a long stay in the postseason, is ahead of schedule in his rehab, and besides the obvious interest from his own team to re-sign him, he’s getting signals from the Toronto Raptors and Dallas Mavericks.