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@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 4:27 AM

October 3, 2016 - Damian Lillard led the Blazers with 16 points as Portland won the preseason opener, defeating the visiting Utah Jazz 98-89 despite a game-high 17 points by Gordon Hayward.

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@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 4:02 AM

October 3, 1971 - Rick Adelman recorded the only triple-double of his career in the Blazers preseason victory vs the Seattle Super Sonics.

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Adelman scored 13 points, passed for 11 assists, and recorded a career-best 15 steals in the win. Adelman, who was named the Blazers team captain during the summer, said afterwards, "I thought I played well, but I didn't shoot worth a darn." Adelman finished 5-for-14 from the field.

Portland rookie forward Sidney Wicks faced off against the Sonics star forward Spencer Haywood for the first time since a summer match between the two teams. Wicks scored 21 points to 19 for Haywood, with both players finishing 9-of-17 from the field. While each player grabbed 16 rebounds, Wicks added 4 blocked shots and a steal to his stat line. The Blazers recorded 27 steals as a team.

Gary Gregor added 18 points and 8 rebounds, while Stan McKenzie scored 16 points.

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 1:36 AM

There are 18 days remaining before the Blazers open the 2026/27 season. This year, Draft Positions is the order of the countdown.

Only one player was ever selected by the Blazers with the 18th pick, but he never suited up for the Blazers.

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The fifth Australian player to play in the NBA, Chris Anstey was the Blazers selection in the 1997 NBA Draft, but was traded to the Mavericks. The 7’ center, who started playing professionally in Australia when he was 19 years old. Anstey played two years with Dallas and one in Chicago before heading home to continue playing, dividing the next ten years in Australia and Russia. Anstey was a three-time champion in Australia and won the Finals MVP twice. He was also a five-time All-League in Australia. Anstey also played for the Australian Olympic team in 2000 and 2008, missing 2004 due to an injury.

@backtothebasket.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 9:28 PM

Doing inventory at the coffee shop. Are you kidding me?! DUNK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN - Alaa Abdelnaby shirt…Sz XL 🔥🔥🔥 #ripcity

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 4:12 AM

October 2, 1972 - NBA Rookie coach Jack McCloskey joins the past two NBA Rookies of the Year Award winners.

Sidney Wicks is the reigning ROY while Geoff Petrie was a winner in 1971. McCloskey moves to the NBA after coaching Penn and Wake Forest for past 16 years

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@dk3k.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 10:58 PM

Braided Bell fired for offensive tweets made as 16 year old, by a loan shark who built an empire of predatory lending and who just traded for a guy who bashed and pulled a gun on a kid and rose to fame in a team that chanted “whoop that trick”… is something. Idpol shields power once again #ripcity

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:55 PM

October 2, 2000 - Steve Smith becomes the second active Portland player to win a Gold Medal in the Olympics when the US defeated France.

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@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:50 PM

October 2, 1987 - The Blazers are looking at acquiring free agents Ralph Sampson of Houston or Sidney Green of Detroit to replace Kenny Carr, who retired this past summer.

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Bucky Buckwalter, the Blazers VP of basketball operations said of Sampson, "We are interested, but there are several teams that have an interest in Ralph Sampson." Regarding Green, Buckwalter said, "We like him, but again, so do other teams."

In other Blazer news, Jim Paxson will undergo surgery to remove bone spurs near his big toe. He is expected to be sidelined, according to Dr. Robert Cook, anywhere from three to 12 weeks.

Kermit Washington has been doing informal workouts with some Portland players, and may attend camp.

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 7:36 PM

There are 19 days remaining before the Blazers open the 2026/27 season. Three players were selected by the Blazers with the 19th pick, with two players wearing the Red and Black uniform.

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When the defending Champion Blazers selected Rich Laurel in the 1977 NBA Draft, he was expected to be a scoring guard like he was at Hofstra. In his senior season, Laurel led the NCAA with a 30.3 scoring average while shooting .535 from the field. Sadly, the 6’-6” shooting guard and his agent demanded a no-contract and the Blazers refused to agree to that. Before the regular season commenced, Laurel was traded to Atlanta, who released him six weeks later. Laurel signed with Milwaukee, playing 10 games, before he headed to Europe. Laurel played in Italy, France and Belgium over the next eight years.

The second player selected by the Blazers in the first round of the 1984 NBA Draft, Bernard Thompson was one of five rookies to make the Blazers roster for the 1984/85 season. Thompson played 59 games his rookie year, averaging 3.3 points in 9 minutes of action. The 6’-6” guard was traded to Phoenix after his year in Portland before playing a year with the Rockets. Thompson played 204 games in five seasons in the NBA but would continue playing in the CBA and various leagues around the globe before retiring after 24 years, in 2008.

After a single season at Michigan State, Zach Randolph declared for the 2001 NBA Draft. The 6’-9” forward learned the league as a back up to Rasheed Wallace for two years before moving into the starting lineup in 2003. Starting 80 games that year, Randolph averaged jumped to 20.1 points, 10.5 rebounds and won the the NBA Most Improved Player Award. Randolph was traded after the 2006/07 season the the Knicks, before another trade to the Clippers the following year. In 2009, Randolph found a home in Memphis, playing eight years with the Grizzlies and earned two All-Star nominations. In 17 years in the NBA, Randolph played 1116 games and scored 18,578 points.

@eliasesquivel.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 4:27 PM

After three days, six player interviews, a trio of Micah Nori scrums and one yoga session, training camp is almost over for the #Blazers. Here are five insights from the practice facility. #RipCity
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@erikkeating.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 4:17 AM

@trailblazers.bsky.social Do It #RipCity

@pacduneslooper.com Oct 2, 2026, 3:46 AM

Never mind.
The blazers are a joke.
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@flatcapgoalkeeper.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 3:34 AM

One would think the Blazers ownership & management would run out of rakes to step on by now… yet… here we are… #ripcity

@intersections.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 3:31 AM

What the hell is going on!!! #ripcity

Trail Blazers fire new broadcaster after misogynistic, racist comments surface.

@chrisjburkhardt.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:04 AM

Can the Blazers guard heavy lineup succeed? The guards sure think it can. This and others takeaways from media day on this episode of The 19:77.

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@chrisjburkhardt.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 7:39 PM

The @trailblazers.bsky.social TV broadcast has found its voice, as the team announced earlier today that Braiden Bell will take over as the new TV Play-by-Play Broadcaster.

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@rosecitycentral.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 7:05 PM

🏀 Who doesn't like a good award show?

@jamiehudson10.bsky.social is back with another episode of The Scoop, handing out some unique Rip City awards from Trail Blazers Media Day!

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