
Trail Blazer players want to ‘win now,’ but that won’t happen
The Trail Blazers’ annual media day was held Monday in the Fountain Room at Memorial Coliseum.

Blazers strike big with Clingan, Avdija via draft, trade
Joe Cronin met the media with a smile and an easy-going nature following Wednesday night’s first day of the NBA draft.

Another losing season for Blazers? Tanks a lot
Mercifully, the Trail Blazers’ season has ended.

Blazers’ route? They’re going with Scoot
The Trail Blazers made the move they consider best for the franchise Thursday night during the NBA draft.

Blazers end another forgetful season — and now the work begins
If they get the No. 1 pick in the June 22 draft — they have a 10.5 percent chance — they will take 7-4 French wunderkind Victor Wembanyama. And keep him.

Blazers’ focus is Sharpe in what they hope is a major draft night coup
The important phrase to remember: “Time will tell.”

Schonz calls it a career: ‘Good night, everybody!’
As would be expected, Bill Schonely did not have the most restful night of sleep on Sunday.

Blazers are losers —And they’re tryin’ to be
It has been the strangest of seasons for the Trail Blazers, who have been around longer than Rubik’s Cube, push-through beer can tops and the digital camera.

Talking sports: Trail Blazers trading frenzy, MLB strike and Adley Rutschman, Pioneers’ Jay Locey to the USFL
Weighing in some sporting issues of the day …
• There must be a method to Joe Cronin’s madness.
Or as Ricky Ricardo might say, “Somebody’s got some ‘splainin’ to do.”

Covering a number of subjects, including bad basketball in Oregon, the Trail Blazers’ future, Dan Burke, Gary Payton II, Patty Mills, Nike & Alberto Salazar …
A few sporting items on my mind as we ring in the new year …
• The state of Oregon is known for some pretty good basketball, but its major teams are displaying little of it so far this season.