{"id":176201,"date":"2025-09-28T21:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T21:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/176201\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T21:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T21:23:07","slug":"countdown-to-portland-trail-blazers-training-camp-matisse-thybulle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/176201\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to Portland Trail Blazers\u2019 training camp: Matisse Thybulle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025-26 Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> season unofficially begins Monday, when the team holds its annual media day at the Moda Center.<\/p>\n

The rebuilding Blazers return most of the key young pieces from a roster that overachieved in the second half of last season, when the team went 23-18 to surprisingly finish with 36 wins.<\/p>\n

But there are some new faces. A franchise icon is back. One of the best perimeter defenders in the league is joining the rotation. And a young Chinese phenom has arrived in the United States.<\/p>\n

What will the Blazers look like in 2025-26? In an effort to bring you up to speed, we\u2019re providing a daily snapshot of the roster as media day approaches. Next up: Matisse Thybulle.<\/a><\/p>\n

Let the countdown to the 2025-26 season begin.<\/p>\n

MATISSE THYBULLE<\/p>\n

Measurables: 6-foot-5, 201 pounds<\/p>\n

Age: 28<\/p>\n

Position: Guard\/forward<\/p>\n

2024-25 stats: 7.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.2 steals, 1.9 assists<\/p>\n

NBA experience: This will be his seventh NBA season<\/p>\n

Contract status: Thybulle is entering the final year of a three-year contract that will pay him $11.6 million this season<\/p>\n

Expected role: Backup wing<\/p>\n

Outlook: After missing the first 67 games of the 2024-25 season with knee and ankle injuries, Thybulle was a menace down the stretch, teasing the impact he can make on a team determined to make defense its calling card. The lanky, off-ball pest was a menace over the final 15 games, snatching 33 steals, blocking nine shots and generally wreaking havoc on the perimeter of the Blazers\u2019 defense. He had the game-sealing block in a win over Toronto, corralled five steals in a win over Washington and had a three-steal, two-block night in a loss to Golden State. He occasionally drifts away from his man in pursuit of a big play and has been known to go rogue in the Blazers\u2019 system. But he also creates defensive chaos. And unlike Kris Murray, Thybulle is a capable long-range shooter. Thybulle shot 43.8% from three-point range during that 15-game tease, making 11 of 21 over the final six games. Unless Murray takes a significant step forward in his third NBA season, Thybulle seems poised to lock down a spot in the Blazers\u2019 rotation.<\/p>\n

Previous entries: Rayan Rupert<\/a> … Blake Wesley<\/a> … Duop Reath<\/a> … Damian Lillard<\/a> … Jrue Holiday<\/a> … Jerami Grant<\/a> … Shaedon Sharpe<\/a> … Scoot Henderson<\/a> … Yang Hansen<\/a> … Deni Avdija<\/a> … Donovan Clingan<\/a> … Robert Williams III<\/a> … Kris Murray<\/a> … Toumani Camara<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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