2024–25 Portland Trail Blazers season

2024–25 Portland Trail Blazers season
2024–25 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	Chauncey Billups
General manager	Joe Cronin
Owner(s)	Jody Allen
Arena	Moda Center
Results
Record	6–8 (.429)
Place	Division: 4th (Northwest); Conference: 14th (Western)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Rip City Television Network; BlazerVision
Radio	KPOJ
< 2023–24	2025–26 >

The 2024–25 Portland Trail Blazers season is the 55th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School / club team
1	7	Donovan Clingan	C	United States	UConn
1	14	Bub Carrington	PG	United States	Pittsburgh
2	34	Tyler Kolek	PG	United States	Marquette
2	40	Osasere Ighadaro	PF	United States	Marquette

The Trail Blazers entered the draft (which was two days instead of one like it had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds in 1989) holding two first-round picks and two second-round picks.^[1]^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
F	8	Avdija, Deni	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2001-01-03	Israel
C	2	Ayton, Deandre	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1998-07-23	Arizona
G	5	Banton, Dalano	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	1999-11-07	Nebraska
F	33	Camara, Toumani	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2000-05-08	Dayton
C	23	Clingan, Donovan	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	2004-02-23	Connecticut
F	9	Grant, Jerami	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1994-03-12	Syracuse
G	00	Henderson, Scoot	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2004-02-03	Carlton J. Kell HS (GA)
G	11	McGowens, Bryce (TW)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	2002-11-08	Nebraska
F	10	Minaya, Justin (TW)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1999-03-26	Providence
G	76	Moore, Tazé (TW)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1998-06-29	Houston
F	24	Murray, Kris	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2000-08-19	Iowa
C	26	Reath, Duop	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1996-06-26	LSU
G	21	Rupert, Rayan	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2004-05-31	France
G/F	17	Sharpe, Shaedon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2003-05-30	Dream City Christian (AZ)
G	1	Simons, Anfernee	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	1999-06-08	IMG Academy (FL)
G/F	4	Thybulle, Matisse	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	1997-03-04	Washington
F	34	Walker, Jabari	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2002-07-30	Colorado
C	35	Williams, Robert III	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	1997-10-17	Texas A&M

Head coach

Chauncey Billups

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: October 18, 2024

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Oklahoma City Thunder	12	4	.750	–	8‍–‍2	4‍–‍2	3–1	16
Denver Nuggets	8	5	.615	2.5	5‍–‍2	3‍–‍3	2–2	13
Minnesota Timberwolves	8	6	.571	3.0	5‍–‍2	3‍–‍4	2–2	14
Portland Trail Blazers	6	9	.400	5.5	4‍–‍4	2‍–‍5	2–3	15
Utah Jazz	3	11	.214	8.0	1‍–‍5	2‍–‍6	0–1	14

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Golden State Warriors *	11	3	.786	–	14
2	Oklahoma City Thunder *	12	4	.750	–	16
3	Los Angeles Lakers	10	4	.714	1.0	14
4	Houston Rockets *	11	5	.688	1.0	16
5	Denver Nuggets	8	5	.615	2.5	13
6	Minnesota Timberwolves	8	6	.571	3.0	14

7	Phoenix Suns	9	7	.563	3.0	16
8	Memphis Grizzlies	9	7	.563	3.0	16
9	Los Angeles Clippers	9	7	.563	3.0	16
10	Sacramento Kings	8	7	.533	3.5	15

11	Dallas Mavericks	8	7	.533	3.5	15
12	San Antonio Spurs	7	8	.467	4.5	15
13	Portland Trail Blazers	6	9	.400	5.5	15
14	New Orleans Pelicans	4	12	.250	8.0	16
15	Utah Jazz	3	11	.214	8.0	14

Game log

Preseason

2024 preseason game log
Total: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)

Preseason: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 11	@ L.A. Clippers	L 99–101	Toumani Camara (19)	Toumani Camara (9)	Dalano Banton (5)	Climate Pledge Arena 18,300	0–1
2	October 13	@ Sacramento	W 105–85	Scoot Henderson (17)	Donovan Clingan (10)	Scoot Henderson (7)	Golden 1 Center 14,788	1–1
3	October 16	Ratiopharm Ulm	W 111–100	Scoot Henderson (23)	Donovan Clingan (11)	Scoot Henderson (6)	Moda Center 11,627	2–1
4	October 18	Utah	W 124–86	Rayan Rupert (20)	Donovan Clingan (20)	Avdija, Grant (7)	Moda Center 15,806	3–1

2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log
Total: 6–9 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–5)

October: 2–3 (home: 1–2; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 23	Golden State	L 104–140	Scoot Henderson (22)	Deandre Ayton (11)	Camara, Henderson (4)	Moda Center 19,480	0–1
2	October 25	New Orleans	L 103–105	Jerami Grant (34)	Deandre Ayton (15)	Anfernee Simons (7)	Moda Center 16,190	0–2
3	October 27	New Orleans	W 125–103	Jerami Grant (28)	Deandre Ayton (12)	Scoot Henderson (7)	Moda Center 16,138	1–2
4	October 28	@ Sacramento	L 98–111	Deandre Ayton (20)	Deandre Ayton (11)	Scoot Henderson (5)	Golden 1 Center 16,426	1–3
5	October 30	@ L.A. Clippers	W 106–105	Anfernee Simons (25)	Deandre Ayton (12)	Henderson, Simons (6)	Intuit Dome 16,727	2–3

November: 4–6 (home: 3–2; road: 1–4)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
6	November 1	Oklahoma City	L 114–137	Jerami Grant (17)	Donovan Clingan (7)	Anfernee Simons (6)	Moda Center 17,815	2–4
7	November 2	@ Phoenix	L 97–103	Grant, Simons (20)	Deandre Ayton (13)	Anfernee Simons (6)	Footprint Center 17,071	2–5
8	November 4	@ New Orleans	W 118–100	Anfernee Simons (24)	Deandre Ayton (13)	Scoot Henderson (5)	Smoothie King Center 14,932	3–5
9	November 7	@ San Antonio	L 105–118	Ayton, Grant (21)	Deandre Ayton (10)	Anfernee Simons (7)	Frost Bank Center 17,120	3–6
10	November 8	@ Minnesota	L 102–127	Scoot Henderson (16)	Deandre Ayton (6)	Scoot Henderson (3)	Target Center 18,978	3–7
11	November 10	Memphis	L 89–134	Jerami Grant (20)	Deandre Ayton (8)	Scoot Henderson (8)	Moda Center 18,477	3–8
12	November 12	Minnesota	W 122–108	Jerami Grant (21)	Robert Williams III (9)	Jerami Grant (8)	Moda Center 16,880	4–8
13	November 13	Minnesota	W 106–98	Shaedon Sharpe (33)	Donovan Clingan (12)	Banton, Henderson (5)	Moda Center 17,353	5–8
14	November 17	Atlanta	W 114–107	Shaedon Sharpe (32)	Avdija, Clingan, Williams III (8)	Scoot Henderson (10)	Moda Center 17,384	6–8
15	November 20	@ Oklahoma City	L 99–109	Shaedon Sharpe (21)	Camara, Clingan (9)	Scoot Henderson (8)	Paycom Center 17,752	6–9
16	November 22	@ Houston					Toyota Center
17	November 23	@ Houston					Toyota Center
18	November 25	@ Memphis					FedExForum
19	November 27	@ Indiana					Gainbridge Fieldhouse
20	November 29	Sacramento					Moda Center

December : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
21	December 1	Dallas	Moda Center
22	December 3	@ L.A. Clippers	Intuit Dome
23	December 6	Utah	Moda Center
24	December 8	@ L.A. Lakers	Crypto.com Arena
25	December	TBD	TBD
26	December	TBD	TBD
27	December 19	Denver	Moda Center
28	December 21	@ San Antonio	Moda Center
29	December 23	@ Dallas	American Airlines Center
30	December 26	Utah	Moda Center
31	December 28	Dallas	Moda Center
32	December 30	Philadelphia	Moda Center

January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
33	January 2	@ L.A. Lakers	Crypto.com Arena
34	January 4	@ Milwaukee	Fiserv Forum
35	January 6	@ Detroit	Little Caesars Arena
36	January 8	@ New Orleans	Smoothie King Center
37	January 9	@ Dallas	American Airlines Center
38	January 11	Miami	Moda Center
39	January 14	Brooklyn	Moda Center
40	January 16	L.A. Clippers	Moda Center
41	January 18	Houston	Moda Center
42	January 19	Chicago	Moda Center
43	January 21	@ Miami	Kaseya Center
44	January 23	@ Orlando	Kia Center
45	January 24	@ Charlotte	Spectrum Center
46	January 26	Oklahoma City	Moda Center
47	January 28	Milwaukee	Moda Center
48	January 30	Orlando	Moda Center

February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
49	February 1	Phoenix	Moda Center
50	February 3	Phoenix	Moda Center
51	February 4	Indiana	Moda Center
52	February 6	Sacramento	Moda Center
53	February 8	@ Minnesota	Target Center
54	February 10	@ Denver	Ball Arena
55	February 12	@ Denver	Ball Arena
56	February 20	L.A. Lakers	Moda Center
57	February 22	Charlotte	Moda Center
58	February 24	@ Utah	Delta Center
59	February 26	@ Washington	Capital One Arena
60	February 28	@ Brooklyn	Barclays Center

March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
61	March 2	@ Cleveland	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
62	March 3	@ Philadelphia	Wells Fargo Center
63	March 5	@ Boston	TD Garden
64	March 7	@ Oklahoma City	Paycom Center
65	March 9	Detroit	Moda Center
66	March 10	@ Golden State	Chase Center
67	March 12	New York	Moda Center
68	March 16	Toronto	Moda Center
69	March 18	Washington	Moda Center
70	March 19	Memphis	Moda Center
71	March 21	Denver	Moda Center
72	March 23	Boston	Moda Center
73	March 25	Cleveland	Moda Center
74	March 27	@ Sacramento	Golden 1 Center
75	March 30	@ New York	Madison Square Garden

April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)

Game	Date	Team	Location Attendance
76	April 1	@ Atlanta	State Farm Arena
77	April 3	@ Toronto	Scotiabank Arena
78	April 4	@ Chicago	United Center
79	April 6	San Antonio	Moda Center
80	April 9	@ Utah	Delta Center
81	April 11	Golden State	Moda Center
82	April 13	L.A. Lakers	Moda Center

2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.^[3]^[4]

West Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Houston Rockets	1	1	0	125	104	+21	Advance to knockout stage
2	Portland Trail Blazers	1	1	0	122	108	+14	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3	Minnesota Timberwolves	2	1	1	223	237	−14
4	Sacramento Kings	1	0	1	115	115	0
5	Los Angeles Clippers	1	0	1	104	125	−21

Updated to game(s) played on November 15, 2024. Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Transactions

Trades

June 27, 2024^[5]	To Portland Trail Blazers Draft rights to Oso Ighodaro (No. 40)	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Quinten Post (No. 52) Cash considerations
June 27, 2024^[6]	To Portland Trail Blazers 2027 second-round pick 2029 second-round pick 2030 second-round pick	To New York Knicks Draft rights to Tyler Kolek (No. 34)
July 6, 2024^[7]	To Portland Trail Blazers Deni Avdija	To Washington Wizards Malcolm Brogdon Draft rights to Bub Carrington (No. 14) 2029 first-round pick 2028 second-round pick 2030 second-round pick

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Ref.
July 1	Justin Minaya	^[8]

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team	Ref.
Bryce McGowens	Two-way contract	Charlotte Hornets	^[9]

Notes

^
Affiliates include
- KATU-DT2 (Portland, Oregon until December 30, 2024.)
- KUNP (Portland, Oregon from January 2, 2025 onward.)
- KUNS-DT2 (Seattle, Washington)
- KTVL-DT4 (Medford, Oregon)
- KVAL-DT2 (Eugene, Oregon)
- KCBY-DT2 (Coos Bay, Oregon)
- KPIC-DT2 (Roseburg, Oregon)
- KIMA-DT3 (Yakima, Washington)
- KEPR-DT3 (Pasco, Washington)

References

^ "2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58". NBA.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
^ Quinn, Sam (May 13, 2024). "2024 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks as Atlanta Hawks win No. 1 selection in Lottery". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
^ "NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
^ "Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results". NBA.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
^ "Thunder Acquires Draft Rights to Ajay Mitchell". NBA.com. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
^ porjwilliamson (June 27, 2024). "Trail Blazers Acquire Three Future Second-Round Draft Picks in Exchange for 34th Selection Tyler Kolek". NBA.com. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
^ "TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE DENI AVDIJA". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ "Trail Blazers Re-Sign Justin Minaya to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
^ "Trail Blazers Sign Bryce McGowens to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.

[1] Affiliates include
KATU-DT2 (Portland, Oregon until December 30, 2024.)

KUNP (Portland, Oregon from January 2, 2025 onward.)

KUNS-DT2 (Seattle, Washington)

KTVL-DT4 (Medford, Oregon)

KVAL-DT2 (Eugene, Oregon)

KCBY-DT2 (Coos Bay, Oregon)

KPIC-DT2 (Roseburg, Oregon)

KIMA-DT3 (Yakima, Washington)

KEPR-DT3 (Pasco, Washington)

[2] KATU-DT2 (Portland, Oregon until December 30, 2024.)

[3] KUNP (Portland, Oregon from January 2, 2025 onward.)

[4] KUNS-DT2 (Seattle, Washington)

[5] KTVL-DT4 (Medford, Oregon)

[6] KVAL-DT2 (Eugene, Oregon)

[7] KCBY-DT2 (Coos Bay, Oregon)

[8] KPIC-DT2 (Roseburg, Oregon)

[9] KIMA-DT3 (Yakima, Washington)

[10] KEPR-DT3 (Pasco, Washington)

[2] "2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58". NBA.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.

[3] Quinn, Sam (May 13, 2024). "2024 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks as Atlanta Hawks win No. 1 selection in Lottery". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2024.

[4] "NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.

[5] "Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results". NBA.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.

[ThunderThreeRightsTrades-6] "Thunder Acquires Draft Rights to Ajay Mitchell". NBA.com. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.

[7] rjwilliamson (June 27, 2024). "Trail Blazers Acquire Three Future Second-Round Draft Picks in Exchange for 34th Selection Tyler Kolek". NBA.com. Retrieved June 28, 2024.

[8] "TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE DENI AVDIJA". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

[9] "Trail Blazers Re-Sign Justin Minaya to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.

[10] "Trail Blazers Sign Bryce McGowens to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.

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v t e Portland Trail Blazers
Founded in 1970 Based in Portland, Oregon
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history 1970 Records Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Memorial Coliseum Moda Center
Personnel	Owner(s) Jody Allen President Dewayne Hankins General manager Joe Cronin Head coach Chauncey Billups
G League affiliate	Rip City Remix
Retired numbers	1 13 14 15 20 22 30 (Gross) 30 (Porter) 32 36 45 77
NBA championships	1977
Rivalries	Seattle SuperSonics (I-5 rivalry)
Culture and lore	Radio network Blazermania Rip City The Breaks of the Game Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs "Duck" Rose Garden arena bankruptcy Larry Weinberg Bill Walton Jack Ramsay Mike Barrett and Mike Rice Clyde the Glide The Schonz Trail Blazers Trumpets Memorial Day Miracle Blaze the Trail Cat Portland Indians Portland Fire Portlandia Dame Time