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Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen was reportedly investigating whether his team’s problem was roster or coaching. In other words, it sounded as if he were determining whether he should fire general manager Neil Olshey or coach Terry Stotts amid a disappointing season. Portland has the NBA’s fifth-largest payroll and is on track to pay the luxury tax, but the team is just 25-22 and seventh in the Western Conference. Continue to Article

January 23, 2018 10:07:am EST

Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard met with owner Paul Allen to gauge what the team's future is, ESPN.com's Chris Haynes reports. According to the report, Lillard and Allen had a meeting last Thursday before the team's home game against the Indiana Pacers and it was Lillard who wanted to meet to get assurances that the franchise is headed toward fielding a championship-caliber team. No one else knew of the meeting and Allen told team personnel later. Continue to Article

January 23, 2018 6:56:am EST

Chris Paul scored a season-high 37 points in the Rockets’ win over the Trail Blazers tonight. Paul hit an unnecessary layup late, and Lillard let him know he wasn't happy about it. Lillard on confronting CP3 at end of game after Paul scored with 12.8 seconds left: "First of all, we lost the game fair and square. Continue to Article

January 10, 2018 11:34:pm EST

C.J. McCollum scored 27 points and passed off seven assists to lead the Portland Trail Blazers over Oklahoma City 117-106 in an NBA matchup Tuesday. Shabazz Napier added 21 points and Bosnian big man Jusuf Nurkic had 20 for the Trail Blazers (22-18), who edged ahead of the host Thunder (22-19) for fifth place in the Western Conference. Damian Lillard missed his second game in a row with a strained right calf, Napier starting in his place. Continue to Article

January 10, 2018 1:15:am EST

While Damien Lillard tries to get past a lingering injury, the Portland Trail Blazers are relying on each other to fashion a nice run of positive results. CJ McCollum had 27 points and seven assists, and the Trail Blazers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-106 on Tuesday night in the opener of a four-game trip. Shabazz Napier added 21 points and Jusuf Nurkic had 20 points and eight rebounds for Portland, which moved past Oklahoma City into second in the Northwest Division standings with its seventh win in its last nine games against the Thunder. Continue to Article

January 09, 2018 11:54:pm EST