Sean Highkin

Portland

Author and Owner at The Rose Garden Report

Correspondent at KPOJ-AM (Tigard, OR)

Trail Blazers insider @RipCityRadio620. Subscribe to the Rose Garden Report on Substack for award-winning independent coverage of the Blazers and new WNBA team.

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Articles

Trail Blazers Open Predraft Workouts With 6 Prospects

1 week ago | rosegardenreport.com | Sean Highkin

The Rose Garden Report is a fully independent publication providing coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers you canâ€™t get anywhere else. Purchasing a premium subscription gives you full access to all articles and ability to participate in mailbags, as well as helping to cover travel costs and other expenses to bring you the best coverage possible. đź“ŤTUALATIN, Ore.
Trail Blazers Part Ways With Assistant Coaches Chris Fleming, Roy Rogers and Ryan Gomes

2 weeks ago | rosegardenreport.com | Sean Highkin

News 1 min The Rose Garden Report is a fully independent publication providing coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers you can’t get anywhere else. Purchasing a premium subscription gives you full access to all articles and ability to participate in mailbags, as well as helping to cover travel costs and other expenses to bring you the best coverage possible.
Damian Lillard is Living the Cautionary Tale He Warned Of

2 weeks ago | rosegardenreport.com | Sean Highkin

The Rose Garden Report is a fully independent publication providing coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers you can’t get anywhere else. Purchasing a premium subscription gives you full access to all articles and ability to participate in mailbags, as well as helping to cover travel costs and other expenses to bring you the best coverage possible.
MAILBAG: Has the Trail Blazers' Timeline Been Accelerated?

2 weeks ago | rosegardenreport.com | Sean Highkin

The Rose Garden Report is a fully independent publication providing coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers you can’t get anywhere else. Purchasing a premium subscription gives you full access to all articles and ability to participate in mailbags, as well as helping to cover travel costs and other expenses to bring you the best coverage possible. What a great response to the latest call for mailbag questions.
There's Only One Choice for the Trail Blazers' Draft Lottery Rep

2 weeks ago | rosegardenreport.com | Sean Highkin

The Rose Garden Report is a fully independent publication providing coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers you canâ€™t get anywhere else. Purchasing a premium subscription gives you full access to all articles and ability to participate in mailbags, as well as helping to cover travel costs and other expenses to bring you the best coverage possible. The Trail Blazers can't do anything else to control the outcome of May 12's draft lottery.
Portland WNBA Team Breaks Ground on New Practice Facility

3 weeks ago | rosegardenreport.com | Sean Highkin

The Rose Garden Report is a fully independent publication providing coverage of the Portland WNBA expansion team you can’t get anywhere else. Purchasing a premium subscription gives you full access to all articles and ability to participate in mailbags, as well as helping to cover travel costs and other expenses to bring you the best coverage possible. 📍HILLSBORO, Ore. — Slowly, Portland's forthcoming WNBA expansion team has been checking things off their pre-launch to-do list.
All 82 Games of the 2024-25 Trail Blazers Season, Ranked

3 weeks ago | rosegardenreport.com | Sean Highkin

Columns 19 min The Rose Garden Report is a fully independent, reader-supported publication. Purchasing a premium subscription unlocks exclusive content and helps sustain the website and make the coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers the best it can be. There are many ways to wrap up a season, especially one as eventful as the 2024-25 Trail Blazers. A season that was supposed to be similar to last year's 21-win campaign ended with an unexpected play-in push.
Key Takeaways From Trail Blazers Exit Interviews

4 weeks ago | rosegardenreport.com | Sean Highkin

News 11 min The Rose Garden Report is a fully independent, reader-supported publication. Purchasing a premium subscription unlocks exclusive content and helps sustain the website and make the coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers the best it can be. đź“ŤPORTLAND, Ore. â€” Following the Trail Blazers' season-ending 109-81 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday afternoon, most of the team's players held their annual end-of-season exit interviews with local media.
Trail Blazers' Surprise Second-Half Success Shouldn't Short-Circuit Their Long-Term Plan

1 month ago | rosegardenreport.com | Sean Highkin

The Rose Garden Report is a fully independent, reader-supported publication. Purchasing a premium subscription unlocks exclusive content and helps sustain the website and make the coverage of the Portland Trail Blazers the best it can be. đź“ŤPORTLAND, Ore. â€” The last time the Trail Blazers were supposed to be this bad, and wound up being this good, was nine years ago.
Chauncey Billups Won

1 month ago | rosegardenreport.com | Sean Highkin

PROGRAMMING NOTE: You may notice this post looks a little different. That's because I moved the site off of Substack (for reasons mainly outlined here) and onto a different hosting platform. The look of the site will be different (hopefully better), but nothing will change for youâ€”all billing and subscription info has been migrated over and it should be pretty seamless. If there are any issues, email me at [email protected] and we'll try to get it figured out.