New story on Damian Lillard’s first public comments about his trade request, which didn’t tell us anything we don’t already know: www.rosegardenreport.com/p/damian-lil...
In a new interview with ESPN, Lillard confirmed that he requested a trade but didn't go into more detail.
Here’s the Blazers’ full 2023-24 regular-season schedule broken out by month with some notes, thoughts and takeaways: https://www.rosegardenreport.com/p/trail-blazers-announce-full-202324-regularseason-schedule
Takeaways and a month-by-month breakdown of the Blazers' schedule for the upcoming season.
The Blazers’ seven-game In-Season Tournament schedule is out. Details here: https://www.rosegardenreport.com/p/trail-blazers-announce-inseason-tournament-schedule
As part of the NBA's newest venture, Portland will play seven games in November that are designated as tournament games.
As he led a group of kids through basketball drills, Anfernee Simons spoke about Damian Lillard's trade request and his desire to strengthen his presence in the Portland community. Story: https://www.rosegardenreport.com/p/anfernee-simons-staying-damian-lillard-drama-embracing-portland-community
Speaking at his summer camp in Beaverton, Simons said he's doing his best to not involve himself in a chaotic Trail Blazers offseason.
Third and final Locked On Blazers pod with Mike Richman is out. We do predictions for the season https://open.spotify.com/episode/0HIQaM9EgXGX40jsasX2wr?si=cyzXokp0TMqm3jJg8-9aJA
Listen to this episode from Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers on Spotify. Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report joins to play a game of Over/Under and make some August...
Part 2 of my visit to Locked On Blazers with Mike Richman is up. This one focuses on Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe and the other young players https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xYaxFGeglwjmOIoMmLN7O?si=B2awQnTVQ2ujzgy9ums4lg
Part 2 of the offseason mailbag: Why did the Blazers waive Trendon Watford? What’s the timeline for a sale? How is the new CBA going to change roster-building? A lot of stuff in here https://www.rosegardenreport.com/p/mailbag-part-2-trail-blazers-ownership-trendon-watford-impact-new-cba
Answering subscriber questions in the second part of a new mailbag.
Asked for non-Dame-trade mailbag questions and got enough for 2 parts. Today: expectations for Chauncey Billups, rookie Scoot vs. rookie Dame, and more. https://www.rosegardenreport.com/p/mailbag-part-1-starts-backcourt-long-trail-blazers-return-relevancy-plus-chauncey-billups-nassir-lit
Breaking down Chauncey Billups' expectations in year three, Anfernee Simons vs. Shaedon Sharpe for a starting job, and more.
New: The memo the NBA sent to teams on Friday probably won’t change much. But it does crystallize why this is taking as long as it is, and why Damian Lillard might be doing this two years too late https://www.rosegardenreport.com/p/optics-damian-lillards-trade-request-nbas-warning-memo
Lillard's trade request may be coming too late in the game to land the way he and his representatives hoped.
The latest on the Damian Lillard trade request situation after the NBA sent a memo to teams about the Miami-or-bust messaging (free to read): https://www.rosegardenreport.com/p/nba-warns-damian-lillard-agent-miamionly-trade-stance
In a memo sent to all 30 teams, the league warned that Lillard and Aaron Goodwin could face punishment in the future.