Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers dropped one spot in the 2022 NBA Draft Lottery to lan the 7th overall selection. It was a deflating night at the end of a disaster season. Yikes. So what do they do now?

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The DeAndre Ayton free agency rumors are swirling after the Phoenix Suns were bounced out of the playoffs in the second round. Could the 23-year-old center end up in Portland? How is Damian Lillard i…

It's draft lottery week in the NBA and the Trail Blazers are rooting for ping pong balls.

Before the draft order is finalized on May 17, let's look back at the history of the Blazers in the lottery. H…

A journey across the Blazers roster finding a skill for each player to work on improving during the offseason.

Trendon Watford's stand still shooting, Nassir Little's help defense, Anfernee Simons' sc…

After six months with the interim tag, Joe Cronin was named the Trail Blazers General Manager on Tuesday, signing a four-year deal to be the team's lead decision.

The process to hire Cronin as the per…

The Trail Blazers are dreaming big heading into the offseason and are reportedly angling to sign free agent Zach LaVine, according to a report from ESPN's Brian Windhorst.

There's so much to unpack on…

It's the latest Mailbag Monday from Locked On Blazers! It's time to answer your questions about the Blazers' draft day trade options and how lottery position could determine the future of the franchi…

We got NBA coaching news with Mike Brown hired by the Sacramento Kings and former Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts interviewing with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Plus it's time to take a spin on the Tankat…

The Clippers signed Robert Covington to a contract extension, a remind of the 3-and-D forward the Trail Blazers decided to trade away at the deadline.

With RoCo gone and now inked to stay in LA, who m…

It's time for more lessons from the NBA playoffs that we can apply to the Portland Trail Blazers.

In Miami, Duncan Robinson isn't getting off the bench in the second round of the playoffs. It's a remi…

Who are the best fits on the current Trail Blazers roster among the top prospects in the 2022 NBA Draft?

Starting at the top of the lottery we take a closer look at Auburn's Jabari Smith Jr., Duke's P…

It's fake trade season and it's venture into the trade machine wilderness and go hunting for transactions that will help the Portland Trail Blazers.

What does a Justise Winslow, a large traded player …

How many elite skills do the Trail Blazers have on their roster? A deep dive into the tracking data on NBA.com and bball-index.com gives us a look a the numbers behind the top flight skills currently…

The Portland Trail Blazers want to be competitive right away to begin next season. So with that in mind let's assess the core pieces of their roster to figure out how they go from where they are toda…

It's still mock draft season and it's time to check in on which players are projected to go to the Portland Trail Blazers in the latest mock drafts from around the web.

Kentucky's Shaedon Sharpe is a …

A Portland Trail Blazers offseason smorgasbord looking at the Most Improved Player award voting and what a win for Ja Morant means for Anfernee Simons chances in 2022-23.

Then we take a peak at the Mi…

Eric Griffith (@EricG_NBA) of Willamette Week is back on the show to dive deep into the Portland Trail Blazers offseason and how the franchise can improve with the assets they have available.

We start…

Our resident cap space consultant Eric Griffith (@EricG_NBA) of Willamette Week joins to all things salary cap in the Portland Trail Blazers offseason.

How much salary cap space can the Trail Blazers …

The Trail Blazers are spectators for this year's playoffs but the teams left in the postseason offer some useful lessons for what it takes to be successful this time of year.

Versatility is key and in…

Should the Trail Blazers trade the sixth pick in the NBA draft in order to get veteran upgrades to improve the roster in the immediate term? That's the question we explore to open the show. How high …