{"id":232611,"date":"2025-10-17T23:58:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T23:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232611\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T23:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T23:58:05","slug":"portland-trail-blazers-pare-down-training-camp-roster-waive-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232611\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Trail Blazers pare down training camp roster, waive guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"B6WL4F4AHBANDPG3UE3EHBBLSM\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/blazers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/blazers\/\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> have started to pare down their training camp roster. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"S5IU6EWX65FPLOZIIZGGXEHADE\">The Blazers on Friday waived guard Javonte Cooke, the team announced, leaving their roster at 17 players, which includes a pair of two-way players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3II77HVYIND7VJSHDDYRDUBD4E\">Cooke remains in contention for the final two-way spot on the roster, according to a team source. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OVSUVZJTKFFLZKEFYGULLZJU4U\">The Blazers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/blazers\/2025\/09\/portland-trail-blazers-sign-player-to-exhibit-10-contract.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/blazers\/2025\/09\/portland-trail-blazers-sign-player-to-exhibit-10-contract.html\">signed Cooke to an Exhibit 10 contract<\/a> in September and he took part in training camp, playing in three of the team\u2019s four exhibition games. The 6-foot-6 guard averaged 3.3 points and 1.7 rebounds and had his best performance in the team\u2019s exhibition opener, when he produced nine points and three rebounds in nine minutes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CGX56HFIWFGA7IAXJ2A645Y3L4\">He did not play in the Blazers\u2019 exhibition finale at the Utah Jazz on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"T3JOFAFGKZF23K7BN7ZMJGGX6Q\">Cooke, who has played 88 games in the G League over the last three seasons, is a candidate to join the Rip City Remix. The Blazers\u2019 G League affiliate announced earlier this week that it had acquired his rights from the Oklahoma City Blue.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Portland Trail Blazers have started to pare down their training camp roster. The Blazers on Friday waived&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-232611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}