The Blazers have to find a way to trade at least one of these two veterans especially when considering their contract situations.

A jury had found 32-year-old Ben McLemore guilty of raping and sexually abusing a 21-year-old woman at a house party in Lake Oswego in October 2021.

Former Portland Trail Blazers star Ben McLemore hasn’t played in the NBA since 2022. He was out of the spotlight throughout these years. Now a disturbing case brought him back in the limelight. According to ESPN’s Baxter Holmes,

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - Former Portland Trail Blazer Ben McLemore has been sentenced to prison after he was found guilty of raping a woman at a party in Lake Oswego in October 2021.

The Portland Trail Blazers reportedly traded down in the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday, acquiring the rights to the 16th pick, Yang Hansen, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

Yang Hansen is going to fit into American culture just fine. The Trail Blazers' 7-foot-1 Chinese center was introduced to Portland on Friday, and was asked about his interests.

Given that the NBA Finals have concluded, and the draft is upon the community, it's safe to say that the offseason is more than underway. This is a time period

The Portland Trail Blazers are at an interesting spot in their history, an in-between zone following the decade-long Damian Lillard era and whatever comes next. As such, it’s hard to identify exactly who and what they are.