{"id":474876,"date":"2026-02-12T10:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/474876\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:28:26","slug":"blazers-notes-roster-decisions-lillard-moda-center-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/474876\/","title":{"rendered":"Blazers Notes: Roster Decisions, Lillard, Moda Center, Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Dana Gauruder<\/a> |
\n at February 10, 2026 10:00 pm <\/p>\n

It\u2019s unlikely that the Trail Blazers will make any roster decisions until after the All-Star break, Joe Freeman of the Oregonian<\/a> reports (subscription required).<\/p>\n

Two-way players Sidy Cissoko<\/a> (49 games) and Caleb Love<\/a> (44) are near their respective 50-game limits and would need to be signed to standard contracts to remain eligible for NBA contests. Portland already has a full 15-man roster.<\/p>\n

Rayan Rupert<\/a> and Matisse Thybulle<\/a> are the players most likely to go if one or both two-way players get a promotion, Freeman writes. It\u2019s also possible the Blazers may sign a veteran player who clears waivers.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more on the Blazers:<\/p>\n

Damian Lillard<\/a> was joking around with Michael Levine, a marketing executive for the NBA, about participating in the three-point contest at All-Star weekend. When one competitor dropped out, the joke became a reality, as Jason Quick of The Athletic<\/a> details. Lillard has been on the mend all season from the Achilles tear he suffered with Milwaukee during last year\u2019s playoffs. \u201cAll-Star Weekend needs stars,\u201d Lillard said. \u201cPeople want to see stars competing.\u201d Lillard said a challenge like this is just what he needs during the drudgery of injury rehab. \u201cI need some competition,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ve just been working out, not playing, so I need some type of competition. I just need a bump.\u201d
\nRenovations could be coming soon to Moda Center, the team\u2019s longtime arena. Efforts to secure public funding<\/a> for renovations 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, Bill Oram of The Oregonian<\/a> reports. The bill will be sent to the Senate Committee on Rules and have its first hearing on Wednesday morning.
\nWill renovations for the arena or the impending ownership change<\/a> assure that the Blazers will remain in Portland long-term? Writing for The Oregonian<\/a>, Oram says he isn\u2019t so sure that the NBA considers Portland a major-league city or that city leaders prioritize sports and are willing to make the necessary investments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Dana Gauruder | at February 10, 2026 10:00 pm It\u2019s unlikely that the Trail Blazers will make…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,17431,7222,218448,242055,215784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-474876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-caleb-love","12":"tag-damian-lillard","13":"tag-matisse-thybulle","14":"tag-rayan-rupert","15":"tag-sidy-cissoko","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}