Portland 7

Bill Schonely describes the origins of ‘Rip City’ in the fifth installment of the Rip City Legacy commercial series.

  The last few days have been discombobulating to say the least. The air in Portland is infused with a confliction of feelings. A pervading melancholy lingers after the sudden death of Paul Allen. An intensifying excitement surrounds the upcoming home opener vs the Lakers. Are we fans allowed to feel both? The news of […]

For Allen Crabbe, it’s good to be wanted. The Portland Trail Blazers will be fending off suitors for three restricted free agents this summer, with possibly none more appealing than Crabbe. The 24-year-old shooting guard out of Cal has shown a great deal of growth in his third season, with improvements across the board in […]

Sometimes there is a reality, that whether fair or not, just isn’t very palatable. There are no sour grapes here, and one tries to take enough time after an event, to come down from the initial emotional or knee-jerk reaction so as to remove the euphoria or Debbie-downer aspect. Some cars are just more expensive […]

It was just three short years ago that the Portland Trail Blazers added Robin Lopez to a core of LaMarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews and a very young Damian Lillard. There were hesitant expectations as the team had certainly over-performed for a large part of the previous season with an undersized JJ Hickson at […]