May 23

ESPN.com Insider Amin Elhassan, who used to work in Phoenix's front office, put together a 2013 draft guide for the Trail Blazers, all of which is worth checking out. But the most interesting part is probably the three players from this draft who would be the best additions to the current roster ...

May 23

I don't get much of my music news from the Portland Business Journal, but they come through today with news that team owner Paul Allen and his band, The Underthinkers, have a record entitled "Everywhere At Once" dropping in August.

May 22

I've heard a number of Trail Blazers fans argue that the Trail Blazers should make Victor Oladipo their target in this year's draft. And with his combination of athleticism, defensive prowess and motor, it's not hard to see why. But according to Chad Ford at ESPN.com, moving up to acquire Oladipo might take more than you're willing to part with...

May 22

Grantland editor and ESPN television personality Bill Simmons spent part of his morning on Twitter concocting fake trades involving draft picks now that the order has been set. Simmons always likes to mix it up with Trail Blazers fans, so it figures he'd suggest a potential move featuring our most important player.

May 21

The Portland Trail Blazers were not able to beat tremendous odds to get either the first, second or third pick in the 2013 NBA Draft Lottery. But all is not lost. The 10th pick, even in a what many consider a weak draft, still has plenty of value, especially when considering that the current collective bargaining agreement forces teams to mind their cap space more carefully than ever before. Rookie contracts are typically considered to be the best bargains in the NBA -- for example, Pacer's third-year forward Paul George earned just over $2.5 million in 2012-13 -- so even if there's not a lot of all-star talent in this class, there's still the opportunity to get a quality rotation player at a heck of a price.