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He spends his days quietly, according to sources close to him, with his family and friends in the Denver area, playing golf, watching games and communicating with a handful of NBA brethren. The terms of his release restrict him from traveling outside the United States, and any state or city other than Colorado, California, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington D.C. or New York City.
Sean Highkin: Senate Bill 1501 for Moda Center renovations has officially been passed by the Oregon state senate's rules committee. Vote was 4-1 in favor. Bill now goes to the ways and means committee.
Efforts to secure public funding to renovate the aging Moda Center formally ramped up on Monday with the introduction of a bill in the Oregon Senate that drew widespread support from government leaders, including Gov. Tina Kotek. The legislation, Senate Bill 1501, would divert income taxes from performers and athletes, including the high-paid Portland Trail Blazers, to a new Oregon Arena Fund and give the state joint ownership of the building with the city of Portland. “The Moda Center, with the Portland Trail Blazers as its anchor tenant, is a source of civic pride and is critical to the strength and continued growth of our local, regional, and statewide economies,” said Senate President Rob Wagner, who sponsored the bill. “Renovating Oregon’s Arena is the best investment we can make in Oregon’s economic future.”
“You hear about something different every time,” Wyden said, when asked if private investment was being discussed. “But that’s the point of going to the table. You have negotiations, you exchange (ideas), and I think we can get there. I think that Mr. Dundon … is really excited about Oregon and we ought to build on it. Let’s talk about why this is a good investment and this is infrastructure as far as I’m concerned. Remember (there’s a) ripple all the way through Northeast Portland.”
Chris Dudley is getting back into the political game. The former Portland Trail Blazer announced on Monday that he’s entering the GOP primary and hopes to be the next governor of Oregon. The news comes sixteen years after the former basketball center came within one percentage point of beating Democrat John Kitzhaber for governor in 2010.
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Stephen Curry pulls up in the “Oregon” Air Jordan 3 PE tonight against Portland pic.twitter.com/BGjP3vUgKP
— Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) November 22, 2025
Devin Booker officially unveiled his second signature shoe for the first time in front of a group of media on Monday at Nike’s Blue Ribbon Studio in its Oregon world headquarters. Booker was joined by Nike senior footwear designer Ben Nethongkome to break down the new Book 2 ahead of the model's on-court debut tonight when Book and his Phoenix Suns squad face off against the Portland Trail Blazers. At the preview, the duo shared details about the model, from the sneaker's design process to the model's inspiration, as well as revealing the two leading Suns-inspired styles, including an all-orange "Phoenix" iteration and a black-based "Rising" makeup.
Duane Rankin: Devin Booker on returning to Portland where he became Suns all-time leading scorer last season, what was addressed after blowing 22-point, fourth-quarter lead in Sunday's loss to Hawks and now playing with Dillon Brooks, who went to college at Oregon. On historic game: "(Blazers fans) gave me an ovation. Definitely didn't have to with being a road player, but there's actually a lot of Suns fans here usually, too." On what was learned from Hawks loss: "We still have to continue to play with pace regardless if we're up. I think we tried to slow it down a little bit while they were playing desperation basketball. Can't have any live ball turnovers, closing out possessions and getting rebounds." On playing with Brooks: "Deal with all his stuff (laughs), but it's definitely nice having him on this side. A high character individual, too, outside of what everybody will say. An extremely hard worker. It's contagious. He sets the tone a lot of the nights. It starts with him and it goes all the way throughout our team." #Suns #RipCity
Devin Booker on returning to Portland where he became Suns all-time leading scorer last season, what was addressed after blowing 22-point, fourth-quarter lead in Sunday's loss to Hawks and now playing with Dillon Brooks, who went to college at Oregon.
— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) November 18, 2025
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Jon Chepkevich: Oregon’s TJ Bamba will join the Brooklyn Nets for NBA Summer League, I’m told. The 6’5” wing averaged 10.5 PTS, 3.4 REB, 3.0 AST, 1.8 STL for the Ducks this season en route to All-B1G Defensive Team honors.
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Senate Republican Leader Daniel Bonham (R-District 26) clearly loves the Portland Trail Blazers, but he wasn’t too thrilled with the team’s recent trade ahead of Wednesday night’s NBA draft. The Oregon Senate unanimously approved HCR 40, a resolution recognizing the importance of the Portland Trail Blazers to the state, on Tuesday.
“Portland, Oregon and the NBA have proven a winning combination since 1970 – with the city and our entire state teaming up to be a vital part of the NBA’s DNA for the last 55 years,” Wyden wrote to Silver. “With Trail Blazers ownership announcing its formal sale process of the team this week, I write as Oregon’s senior senator proud to represent my fellow Trail Blazers fans to say there is no place in America with a deeper base of hoops support than in Portland and throughout Oregon.”
The Trail Blazers held a predraft workout on Tuesday that included Devon Pryor (Oregon), Rueben Chinyelu (Florida), Ben Henshall (Perth Wildcats), Dink Pate (Mexico City Capitanes), John Blackwell (Wisconsin) and Lachlan Olbrich (Illawarra Hawks), Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian tweets. Pate (No. 55) and Henshall (64) are the highest-rated prospects among that group, according to ESPN’s Best Available list.
Was this his greatest game ever? “Ask Dillon Brooks,” Hield said, smiling. This, clearly, wasn’t the first time Brooks has been on the receiving end of a Hield explosion. Hield was hearkening back nine years to March 2016, when he put up 37 for the Oklahoma Sooners in the Elite Eight, knocking off Oregon, featuring Brooks, to earn a spot in the Final Four. “I told him,” Hield said, clasping on his several diamond link chains, this one with a diamond-encrusted No. 7 medallion, “‘I sent you home. I’ma send you home again.'”