Wesley Matthews News

The Trail Blazers will be one of a record 24 teams taking part in NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in July, the NBA announced today.

A Wednesday afternoon look around the web at the latest Portland Trail Blazers news, notes and rumors: Kevin Pelton of Basketball Prospectus takes a walk down memory lane five years after the fateful 2007 NBA lottery draft: The representatives for the Blazers and the Sonics, Kevin Pritchard and Rich Cho, were sitting next to each other.

We continue the 2012 You be the GM feature with a look at the Portland Trail Blazers front office, starting with interim general manager Chad Buchanan .

When the Portland Trail Blazers fired Nate McMillan on the day of the 2012 NBA trade deadline, it signaled a new era in Portland.

The Portland Trail Blazers completed one of the most disappointing seasons in recent memory last month, and there is plenty of blame to go around.

Portland Trail Blazers guard Raymond Felton was savagely torn apart by a panel of writers in Wednesday's "You Be The GM" discussion on OregonLive.com . Mike Richman writes in defense of Felton.

Position: SF Height/Weight: 6-8/210 NBA experience: Four seasons 2011-12 salary: $2,155,365 Contract status: The Trail Blazers have until June 30 to extend Nicolas Batum a qualifying offer , making him a restricted free agent.

The Portland Trail Blazers may have missed the playoffs for the first time in four years, but they are set up to fix things in a hurry.

The offseason came early this NBA season for the Portland Trail Blazers as they missed the playoffs and are lottery bound.

"I don't have much luck with the draft," said Wesley Matthews, who went undrafted in 2009 but will represent the Blazers at the NBA draft lottery later this month.

Portland Trail Blazers guard Wesley Matthews says he will represent the team at the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery.

Chad Buchanan, the Portland Trail Blazers interim general manager, has said that the team is going to select the best available talent at their spot in the upcoming NBA draft.

A candidate for the Trail Blazers' general manager job has interviewed with owner Paul Allen , but team president Larry Miller declined to divulge the candidate's name.

Jason Quick of The Oregonian reports that guard Wesley Matthews could wind up representing the Portland Trail Blazers at the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery drawing.

Any chance the Warriors would take our two picks and Wesley Matthews in exchange for Klay Thompson the #30 pick and one of their second rounders? I watched the guy in person at one of the final Blazer home games, and he very much reminded me of B Roy, in how smooth and effortless his game looked.

The 2011-12 NBA season has officially ended for the Portland Trail Blazers , and while the team is going to make a number of changes for next year's rotation, they must make bringing back Nicolas Batum a priority this offseason.

Portland guard Wesley Matthews is defended by Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors during the first half of the Blazers' final game of the season on Thursday in Salt Lake City.

Joel Przybilla, Wesley Matthews, Raymond Felton, Jamal Crawford, and Nicolas Batum all endorsed interim head coach Kaleb Canales for the full-time gig as Trail Blazers next head coach.

After also watching Wesley Matthews do his best Iverson impression the last month or so, I would trade Matthews and Nolan Smith for Nikola Pekovic and Luke Ridnour .

Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports reports that Portland Trail Blazers guard Jamal Crawford will opt out of the final year of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent this summer.