The Portland Trail Blazers have taken care of some critical business prior to the official start of the new 2025-26 NBA season, which tips off tonight elsewhere

Today marks the beginning of the 2025-26 NBA regular season schedule. The Portland Trail Blazers open their new campaign Wednesday at 7:00 PM, Pacific against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Moda Center. In preparation for the big event, we’re previewing the season ahead.

The Portland Trail Blazers ‘ starting lineup when their season tips off on Wednesday vs. Minnesota will consist of Jrue Holiday and Shaedon Sharpe in the backcourt, Toumani Camara and Deni Avdija at forward, and Donovan Clingan in the middle, tweets Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report.

The team on Tuesday exercised 2026-27 team options on Scoot Henderson, Kris Murray and Donovan Clingan, general manager Joe Cronin announced, ensuring the trio of young players could remain in Portland for at least two more seasons.

A mock trade has the Portland Trail Blazers sending Jrue Holiday to the Miami Heat in exchange for two players to upgrade their roster depth.

Shaedon Sharpe is likely to sign a new deal with the Portland Trail Blazers expected to lock him down in the coming days.

The Portland Trail Blazers made a couple of major moves for the future of their franchise ahead of the NBA’s opening week. Among those moves was the decision to

Holiday is wasting no time cutting ties to the Boston Celtics as he is now offloading his Massachusetts dwelling for $6.9 million.