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Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports After clearing quarantine and returning six negative COVID-19 tests, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson plans to sign a 10-day contract with the Portland Trail Blazers Friday. After the signings Portland will have 13 rostered players, one 10-day contract, and a pair of two-way contracts (Keljin Blevins and TJ Leaf). Over his career, Hollis-Jefferson has averaged 9.3 points, 5.6 rebouds, and 1.9 assists following stints with the Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors. A team can s...

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers Preview Share this story (22-11) The Portland Trail Blazers are in Los Angeles, ending their road trip taking on the Lakers. It has been a tough trip for the Blazers, with their first two games being losses. However, the Lakers have lost their last four games everyone seems to be losing their minds about it. Friday, February 26 - 7:00 p.m. PT How to watch on TV: NBC Sports Northwest, ESPN, or see games all season on Blazers injuries: Zach Collins ...

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Philadelphia 76ers Preview Share this story (18-7) The Portland Trail Blazers are back home at the Moda Center, where they will take on the Philadelphia 76ers. It’s only been about a week since Portland faced the 76ers in Philadelphia and in a feat no one was expecting, the badly-injured Blazers took down the number one team in the East on their home court. Now the Blazers are back in Portland with fewer injuries and looking to do it again! Thursday, February 11 - ...

Twenty years, good friends, fond memories; all while hitting deadlines February 10 2021 My View: More than anything, the people have made the Tribune what it is. We had a lot of people in January 2001, and a few of us remain. Outside the walls of the original downtown Portland office and our fledgling staff, cynics questioned why somebody would start a newspaper in the year 2001 and especially in a city that already had an established newspaper, The Oregonian. A lot of people belie...

Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter says he constantly deals with threats on his life due to his continued criticism of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During an interview with Dwight Jaynes of NBC Sports Northwest, Kanter revealed he still gets death threats "every week" and lives in a hotel because of the additional layer of security the public nature of it provides him. Kanter also said the FBI installed a panic button for him to use if he ev...

Portland might be looking for a big man to replace Jusuf Nurkic, but they might also have one on the bench.