2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers season is the franchise's 51st season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Trail Blazers enter the season following a playoff defeat from the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round.

2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	Terry Stotts
General manager	Neil Olshey
Owners	Jody Allen
Arena	Moda Center
Results
Record	10–9 (.526)
Place	Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 7th (Western)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	NBC Sports Northwest
Radio	KPOJ, Portland Trail Blazers Radio

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School / club team
1	16	Isaiah Stewart	PF/C	United States	Washington
2	46	C. J. Elleby	SG	United States	Washington State

Roster

Roster listing

Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 00 Anthony, Carmelo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1984-05-29 Syracuse G 21 Blevins, Keljin (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1995-11-24 Montana State F/C 33 Collins, Zach  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1997-11-19 Gonzaga F 23 Covington, Robert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1990-12-14 Tennessee State G/F 16 Elleby, C. J. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2000-06-16 Washington State F/C 4 Giles, Harry 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1998-04-22 Duke G/F 5 Hood, Rodney 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1992-10-20 Duke F 55 Jones, Derrick 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1997-02-15 UNLV C 11 Kanter, Enes 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1992-05-20 Turkey G 0 Lillard, Damian 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990-07-15 Weber State F 9 Little, Nassir 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2000-02-11 North Carolina G 3 McCollum, CJ 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991-09-19 Lehigh C 27 Nurkić, Jusuf  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1994-08-23 Bosnia and Herzegovina G 1 Simons, Anfernee 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1999-06-08 IMG Academy (FL) G/F 2 Trent, Gary 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1999-01-18 Duke	Head coach Terry Stotts Assistant coach(es) John McCullough Jim Moran Dale Osbourne Jannero Pargo Nate Tibbetts (Associate HC) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: December 13, 2020

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Utah Jazz	18	5	.783	0.0	9–2	9–3	3–2	23
Denver Nuggets	12	9	.571	5.0	5–5	7–4	4–1	21
Portland Trail Blazers	12	9	.571	5.0	5–5	7–4	1–2	21
Oklahoma City Thunder	9	12	.429	8.0	2–8	7–4	1–3	21
Minnesota Timberwolves	6	16	.273	11.5	4–7	2–9	2–3	22

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Utah Jazz *	18	5	.783	–	23
2	Los Angeles Lakers *	17	6	.739	1.0	23
3	Los Angeles Clippers	17	7	.708	1.5	24
4	Denver Nuggets	12	9	.571	5.0	21
5	Phoenix Suns	12	9	.571	5.0	21
6	Portland Trail Blazers	12	9	.571	5.0	21
7	Golden State Warriors	12	10	.545	5.5	22
8	San Antonio Spurs *	12	10	.545	5.5	22
9	Memphis Grizzlies	9	8	.529	6.0	17
10	Houston Rockets	11	10	.524	6.0	21
11	Sacramento Kings	10	11	.476	7.0	21
12	New Orleans Pelicans	9	12	.429	8.0	21
13	Oklahoma City Thunder	9	12	.429	8.0	21
14	Dallas Mavericks	9	14	.391	9.0	23
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	6	16	.273	11.5	22

Game log

Preseason

2020 preseason game log Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
Preseason: 1–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 11 Sacramento W 127–102 Carmelo Anthony (21) Harry Giles (14) Lillard, McColllum (5) Moda Center 0 1–0 2 December 13 Sacramento L 101–126 Harry Giles (19) Harry Giles (13) Rodney Hood (4) Moda Center 0 1–1 3 December 16 @ Denver L 95–126 Robert Covington (15) Jusuf Nurkic (8) Damian Lillard (4) Ball Arena 0 1–2 4 December 18 @ Denver L 96–129 CJ McCollum (26) Enes Kanter (9) Jusuf Nurkic (4) Ball Arena 0 1–3
2020–21 season schedule

Regular season

2020–21 game log Total: 3–3 (Home: 1–1; Road: 2–2)
December: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 23 Utah L 100–120 CJ McCollum (23) Enes Kanter (8) Damian Lillard (7) Moda Center 0 0–1 2 December 26 Houston W 128–126 (OT) CJ McCollum (44) Jusuf Nurkic (11) Damian Lillard (9) Moda Center 0 1–1 3 December 28 @ LA Lakers W 115–107 Damian Lillard (31) Enes Kanter (14) CJ McCollum (11) Staples Center 0 2–1 4 December 30 @ LA Clippers L 105–128 CJ McCollum (25) Enes Kanter (10) Damian Lillard (4) Staples Center 0 2–2
January: 8–6 (Home: 4–4; Road: 4–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 January 1 @ Golden State W 123–98 Damian Lillard (34) Robert Covington (11) Damian Lillard (8) Chase Center 0 3–2 6 January 3 @ Golden State L 122–137 Damian Lillard (32) Enes Kanter (12) CJ McCollum (5) Chase Center 0 3–3 7 January 5 Chicago L 108–111 CJ McCollum (26) Jusuf Nurkic (11) Damian Lillard (9) Moda Center 0 3–4 8 January 7 Minnesota W 135–117 Damian Lillard (39) Kanter, Lillard, Nurkic (7) Damian Lillard (7) Moda Center 0 4–4 9 January 9 @ Sacramento W 125–99 CJ McCollum (37) Enes Kanter (15) Damian Lillard (6) Golden 1 Center 0 5–4 10 January 11 Toronto W 112–111 CJ McCollum (30) Robert Covington (8) Lillard, McCollum (5) Moda Center 0 6–4 11 January 13 @ Sacramento W 132–126 Damian Lillard (40) Jusuf Nurkic (13) Damian Lillard (13) Golden 1 Center 0 7–4 12 January 14 Indiana L 87–111 Lillard, McCollum (22) Enes Kanter (9) Lillard, McCollum (4) Moda Center 0 7–5 13 January 16 Atlanta W 112–106 Damian Lillard (36) Enes Kanter (15) Damian Lillard (7) Moda Center 0 8–5 14 January 18 San Antonio L 104–125 Damian Lillard (35) Enes Kanter (8) Damian Lillard (6) Moda Center 0 8–6 15 January 24 New York W 116–113 Damian Lillard (39) Kanter, Giles (8) Damian Lillard (8) Moda Center 0 9–6 16 January 25 Oklahoma City L 122–125 Lillard, Simons (26) Enes Kanter (22) Damian Lillard (10) Moda Center 0 9–7 17 January 28 @ Houston L 101–104 Damian Lillard (30) Enes Kanter (13) Damian Lillard (9) Toyota Center 0 9–8 18 January 30 @ Chicago W 123–122 Damian Lillard (44) Enes Kanter (11) Damian Lillard (9) United Center 0 10–8
February: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 February 1 @ Milwaukee L 106–134 Nassir Little (30) Enes Kanter (11) Damian Lillard (7) Fiserv Forum 0 10–9 20 February 2 @ Washington W 132–121 Damian Lillard (32) Enes Kanter (15) Damian Lillard (8) Capital One Arena 0 11–9 21 February 4 @ Philadelphia W 121–105 Gary Trent Jr. (24) Enes Kanter (18) Carmelo Anthony (5) Wells Fargo Center 0 12–9 22 February 6 @ New York Madison Square Garden 23 February 9 Orlando Moda Center 24 February 11 Philadelphia Moda Center 25 February 12 Cleveland Moda Center 26 February 14 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 27 February 16 @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 28 February 17 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 29 February 20 Washington Moda Center 30 February 22 @ Phoenix Talking Stick Arena 31 February 23 @ Denver Ball Arena 32 February 26 @ LA Lakers Staples Center
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 March 1 Charlotte Moda Center 34 March 3 Golden State Moda Center 35 March 4 Sacramento Moda Center
2020–21 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

November 20, 2020[1]	To Portland Trail Blazers Enes Kanter	To Boston Celtics Future MEM draft consideration
	To Memphis Grizzlies Mario Hezonja Desmond Bane
November 22, 2020[2]	To Portland Trail Blazers Robert Covington	To Houston Rockets Trevor Ariza 2020 first-round pick 2021 protected first-round pick

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Rodney Hood[3]	November 22, 2020
Carmelo Anthony[4]	November 22, 2020

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Derrick Jones Jr.[5]	November 22, 2020	Miami Heat
Harry Giles[6]	November 22, 2020	Sacramento Kings

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Moses Brown	Free agency	Oklahoma City Thunder
Jaylen Hoard	Free agency
Jaylen Adams	Free agency	Milwaukee Bucks
Hassan Whiteside[7]	Free agency	Sacramento Kings
Wenyen Gabriel	Free agency	New Orleans Pelicans
Caleb Swanigan	Free agency

References

1. "TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE ENES KANTER IN THREE-TEAM TRADE". NBA.com. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
2. "TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE ROBERT COVINGTON FROM HOUSTON". NBA.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
3. "TRAIL BLAZERS RE-SIGN RODNEY HOOD". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
4. "TRAIL BLAZERS RE-SIGN CARMELO ANTHONY". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
5. "TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN DERRICK JONES JR". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
6. "TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN HARRY GILES". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
7. "Kings Sign Hassan Whiteside". NBA.com. November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.