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1 day ago | blazersedge.com | Conor Bergin

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The NBA Playoffs continue tonight with two crucial Game 5s! First, the Cleveland Cavaliers try to stave off elimination against the Indiana Pacers. Then the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder battle for an ultra-valuable 3-2 series lead. This is your open thread to discuss the games and anything else NBA-related that we haven’t covered in other posts.

1 day ago | blazersedge.com | Conor Bergin

Photo by Soobum Im/Getty Images The Estate of Paul G. Allen has commenced the sales process for the Portland Trail Blazers franchise, the organization announced on Tuesday. Here’s a release from the Trail Blazers:The Estate of Paul G. Allen announced it has commenced a formal sales process for the Portland Trail Blazers NBA franchise, consistent with Allen’s directive to eventually sell his sports holdings and direct all estate proceeds to philanthropy.

2 days ago | blazersedge.com | Conor Bergin

Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images With the results of the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery now complete, the Portland Trail Blazers own the No. 11 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. The Blazers started the lottery with the 10th-best odds overall. Their chances of landing the No. 11 pick were 18.5%. The Dallas Mavericks won the lottery, snagging the first-overall selection with a 1.8% chance of doing so.

2 days ago | blazersedge.com | Conor Bergin

Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images My first season as a Portland Trail Blazers beat writer is one I’ll never forget. The job was the biggest professional challenge of my young life — a graduate course in sports reporting full of long nights, lots of learning and constant pressure on my comfort zone. It was also the realization of a childhood dream to cover my hometown team full-time and on-site, the same franchise I grew up watching and reading about in the morning paper.

3 days ago | blazersedge.com | Conor Bergin

Photo by Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty Images On Monday, the NBA will host its annual Draft Lottery in Chicago to determine Picks 1-14 for the NBA Draft in June. As one of the 14 teams that didn’t make the NBA Playoffs, that means the Portland Trail Blazers are less than 24 hours away from discovering where their first-round pick will land this summer. The unveiling of the Draft Lottery results will air on ESPN, with coverage scheduled to start at 4 p.m. Pacific on Monday.