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Blazers Waive Henri Drell

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Blazersland.com Editor-in-chief, Chris Craig, was born in Texas but has been a Blazer fan since he can remember. He grew up in Portland, playing street ball on the local court. He has played and coached at the high school level. He received a bachelor’s in English from Portland State University.

The Portland Trail Blazers have waived G/F Henri Drell prior to start of training camp this coming week.

The 6’9 former Bull was signed by the Blazers to an exhibit 1o contract back on August 14th during mostly quiet summer by the Blazers

Drell played basketball across Europe in Estonia, Germany and Italy from 2016-21 until he became draft eligible in 2022 and was acquired by the Windy City Bulls, the GLeague affiliate of the Chicago Bulls. He went undrafted in the 2022 draft before signing a summer league contract with the Bulls. Chicago signed Drell on October 22nd, 2022 to an exhibit 10 contract before waiving him. He resigned with Windy City through the 2023-24 season, with a brief stretch in France.

Drell averaged 15.6 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 2.8 assists with the Windy City Bulls last season.

Sep 29, 2024Editor-in-chief

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