2016–17 Portland Trail Blazers season

2016–17 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	Terry Stotts
General manager	Neil Olshey
Owner(s)	Paul Allen
Arena	Moda Center
Results
Record	11–10 (.524)
Place	Division: 3rd (Northwest) Conference: 8th (Western)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Comcast SportsNet Northwest, KGW
Radio	KPOJ, Portland Trail Blazers Radio Network

The 2016–17 Portland Trail Blazers season is the franchise's 47th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Draft picks

The Trail Blazers received the 47th pick of the 2016 NBA Draft from the Orlando Magic in exchange for $1.2 million and a 2019 second round pick. The Trail Blazers used this pick to draft Jake Layman out of Maryland.

Roster

Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 8 Aminu, Al-Farouq 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990–09–21 Wake Forest G 5 Connaughton, Pat 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1993–01–06 Notre Dame F 23 Crabbe, Allen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1992–04–09 UC Berkeley F 17 Davis, Ed 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1989–06–05 North Carolina C 31 Ezeli, Festus  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1989–10–21 Vanderbilt F 4 Harkless, Maurice 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1993–05–11 St. John's F 10 Layman, Jake 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1994–07–24 Maryland F/C 11 Leonard, Meyers 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1992–02–27 Illinois G 0 Lillard, Damian (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1990–07–15 Weber State G 3 McCollum, C. J. (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1991–09–19 Lehigh G 6 Napier, Shabazz 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–07–14 Connecticut C 24 Plumlee, Mason 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1990–03–05 Duke G 55 Quarterman, Tim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1994–10–27 LSU G/F 1 Turner, Evan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1988–10–27 Ohio State F 21 Vonleh, Noah 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1995–08–24 Indiana	Head coach Terry Stotts Assistant coach(es) John McCullough Jim Moran Dale Osbourne Nate Tibbetts David Vanterpool Chris Stackpole (player development) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2016–10–21

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Oklahoma City Thunder	14	8	.636	0.0	9–4	5–4	2–0	22
Utah Jazz	12	9	.571	1.5	6–4	6–5	2–1	21
Portland Trail Blazers	11	10	.524	2.5	7–4	4–6	3–0	21
Denver Nuggets	8	13	.381	5.5	3–7	5–6	1–4	21
Minnesota Timberwolves	6	14	.300	7.0	3–6	3–8	0–3	20

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Golden State Warriors *	17	3	.850	–	20
2	San Antonio Spurs *	16	4	.800	1.0	20
3	Los Angeles Clippers	16	6	.727	2.0	22
4	Houston Rockets	13	7	.650	4.0	20
5	Oklahoma City Thunder *	14	8	.636	4.0	22
6	Memphis Grizzlies	13	8	.619	4.5	21
7	Utah Jazz	12	9	.571	5.5	21
8	Portland Trail Blazers	11	10	.524	6.5	21
9	Los Angeles Lakers	10	12	.455	8.0	22
10	Denver Nuggets	8	13	.381	9.5	21
11	Sacramento Kings	7	13	.350	10.0	20
12	New Orleans Pelicans	7	14	.333	10.5	21
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	6	14	.300	11.0	20
14	Phoenix Suns	6	14	.300	11.0	20
15	Dallas Mavericks	4	15	.211	12.5	19

Game log

Preseason

2016 pre-season game log Total: 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–2)
Pre-season: 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 3 Jazz W 98–89 Damian Lillard (16) Ed Davis (7) Lillard, McCollum (5) Moda Center 15,004 1–0 2 October 7 Suns W 115–110 Shabazz Napier (20) Noah Vonleh (14) Mason Plumlee (6) Moda Center 19,441 2–0 3 October 11 @ Lakers W 109–106 (OT) Damian Lillard (30) Mason Plumlee (11) C.J. McCollum (6) Staples Center 15,290 3–0 4 October 13 @ Clippers L 108–109 C.J. McCollum (20) Ed Davis (11) Damian Lillard (9) Staples Center 14,896 3–1 5 October 16 Nuggets L 97–106 C.J. McCollum (20) Noah Vonleh (10) McCollum, Plumlee (4) Moda Center 18,135 3–2 6 October 19 @ Jazz W 88–84 Damian Lillard (27) Mason Plumlee (10) Mason Plumlee (7) Vivint Smart Home Arena 17,519 4–2 7 October 21 @ Warriors L 96–107 Damian Lillard (20) Noah Vonleh (9) McCollum, Lillard (4) Oracle Arena 19,596 4–3
2016–17 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log Total: 11–10 (Home: 7–4; Road: 4–6)
October: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 25 Utah W 113–104 Damian Lillard (39) Damian Lillard (8) Damian Lillard (6) Moda Center 19,446 1–0 2 October 27 L.A. Clippers L 106–114 Damian Lillard (29) Damian Lillard (10) Plumlee, Crabbe (4) Moda Center 19,500 1–1 3 October 29 @ Denver W 115–113 (OT) Damian Lillard (37) Al-Farouq Aminu (12) Damian Lillard (7) Pepsi Center 18,055 2–1
November : 8–9 (Home: 5–3; Road: 3–6) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 1 Golden State L 104–127 Damian Lillard (31) Al-Farouq Aminu (10) Mason Plumlee (6) Moda Center 19,393 2–2 5 November 2 @ Phoenix L 115–118 (OT) Damian Lillard (27) Mason Plumlee (12) Damian Lillard (5) Talking Stick Resort Arena 17,284 2–3 6 November 4 @ Dallas W 105–95 Damian Lillard (42) Al-Farouq Aminu (10) Lillard, Plumlee (4) American Airlines Center 19,475 3–3 7 November 6 @ Memphis W 100–94 C.J. McCollum (37) Harkless, Plumlee (7) Damian Lillard (7) FedExForum 16,233 4–3 8 November 8 Phoenix W 124–121 Damian Lillard (38) Noah Vonleh (8) C.J. McCollum (7) Moda Center 19,239 5–3 9 November 9 @ L.A. Clippers L 80–111 Shabazz Napier (11) Noah Vonleh (11) Mason Plumlee (4) Staples Center 19,060 5–4 10 November 11 Sacramento W 122–120 (OT) Damian Lillard (36) Maurice Harkless (8) Lillard, Plumlee (7) Moda Center 19,918 6–4 11 November 13 Denver W 112–105 Damian Lillard (32) Mason Plumlee (9) Damian Lillard (6) Moda Center 19,362 7–4 12 November 15 Chicago L 88–113 Damian Lillard (19) Ed Davis (9) Lillard, Plumlee, McCollum (4) Moda Center 13,393 7–5 13 November 17 @ Houston L 109–126 C.J. McCollum (26) Mason Plumlee (8) Mason Plumlee (7) Toyota Center 15,550 7–6 14 November 18 @ New Orleans L 101–113 Damian Lillard (27) Mason Plumlee (12) C.J. McCollum (5) Smoothie King Center 15,552 7–7 15 November 20 @ Brooklyn W 129–109 C.J. McCollum (33) Mason Plumlee (8) McCollum, Lillard (5) Barclays Center 16,608 8–7 16 November 22 @ New York L 103–107 Damian Lillard (22) Ed Davis (10) Damian Lillard (6) Madison Square Garden 19,120 8–8 17 November 23 @ Cleveland L 125–137 Damian Lillard (40) Lillard, Harkless (7) Damian Lillard (11) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 8–9 18 November 25 New Orleans W 119–104 Damian Lillard (27) Mason Plumlee (14) Damian Lillard (11) Moda Center 19,393 9–9 19 November 27 Houston L 114–130 C.J. McCollum (28) Mason Plumlee (8) McCollum, Plumlee (7) Moda Center 19,393 9–10 20 November 30 Indiana W 131–109 Damian Lillard (28) Plumlee, Davis (9) Damian Lillard (10) Moda Center 19,107 10–10
December: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 3 Miami W 99–92 Damian Lillard (19) Mason Plumlee (9) Damian Lillard, Turner (6) Moda Center 19,393 11–10 22 December 5 @ Chicago United Center 23 December 7 @ Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center 24 December 8 @ Memphis FedExForum 25 December 10 @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse 26 December 12 @ L.A. Clippers Staples Center 27 December 13 Oklahoma City Moda Center 28 December 15 @ Denver Pepsi Center 29 December 17 @ Golden State Oracle Arena 30 December 20 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 31 December 21 Dallas Moda Center 32 December 23 San Antonio Moda Center 33 December 26 Toronto Moda Center 34 December 28 Sacramento Moda Center 35 December 30 @ San Antonio AT&T Center
January : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 January 1 @ Minnesota Target Center 37 January 4 @ Golden State Oracle Arena 38 January 5 L. A. Lakers Moda Center 39 January 7 Detroit Moda Center 40 January 10 @ L.A. Lakers Staples Center 41 January 11 Cleveland Moda Center 42 January 13 Orlando Moda Center 43 January 16 @ Washington Verizon Center 44 January 18 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center 45 January 20 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 46 January 21 @ Boston TD Garden 47 January 25 L.A. Lakers Staples Center 48 January 27 Memphis Moda Center 49 January 29 Golden State Moda Center 50 January 31 Charlotte Moda Center
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 51 February 3 Dallas Moda Center 52 February 5 @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 53 February 7 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 54 February 9 Boston Moda Center 55 February 13 Atlanta Moda Center 56 February 15 @ Utah Vivint Smart Home Arena All-Star Break 57 February 23 @ Orlando Amway Center 58 February 26 @ Toronto Air Canada Centre 59 February 28 @ Detroit Palace of Auburn Hills
March : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 2 Oklahoma City Moda Center 61 March 4 Brooklyn Moda Center 62 March 6 @ Minnesota Target Center 63 March 7 @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 64 March 9 Philadelphia Moda Center 65 March 11 Washington Moda Center 66 March 12 @ Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 67 March 14 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 68 March 15 @ San Antonio AT&T Center 69 March 18 @ Atlanta Philips Arena 70 March 19 @ Miami American Airlines Arena 71 March 21 Milwaukee Moda Center 72 March 23 New York Moda Center 73 March 25 Minnesota Moda Center 74 March 26 @ L.A. Lakers Staples Center 75 March 28 Denver Moda Center 76 March 30 Houston Moda Center
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 77 April 1 Phoenix Moda Center 78 April 4 @ Utah Vivint Smart Home Arena 79 April 6 Minnesota Moda Center 80 April 8 Utah Moda Center 81 April 10 San Antonio Moda Center 82 April 12 New Orleans Moda Center
2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2016	To Portland Trail Blazers Draft rights to Jake Layman[1][2]	To Orlando Magic Future 2nd round-pick Cash considerations
July 7, 2016	To Portland Trail Blazers Shabazz Napier[3]	To Orlando Magic Cash considerations

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Meyers Leonard[4]	4-year contract worth $41 million
Allen Crabbe[5]	4-year contract worth $75 million
Maurice Harkless[6]	4-year contract worth $40 million
C. J. McCollum[7]	4-year contract worth $106 million

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Evan Turner[8]	4-year contract worth $70 million	Boston Celtics
Festus Ezeli[9]	2-year contract worth $15.2 million	Golden State Warriors
Tim Quarterman[10]	2-year contract worth $1.4 million	Louisiana State Tigers

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Brian Roberts[11]	1-year contract worth $980,431	Charlotte Hornets
Gerald Henderson Jr.[12]	2-year contract worth $18 million	Philadelphia 76ers

References

1. "Trail Blazers acquire draft rights to Jake Layman". nba.com/blazers. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
2. "Trail Blazers sign Jake Layman". nba.com/blazers. July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
3. "Trail Blazers acquire Shabazz Napier". nba.com/blazers. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
4. "Trail Blazers sign Meyers Leonard". nba.com/blazers. July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
5. "Trail Blazers re-sign Allen Crabbe". nba.com/blazers. July 13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
6. "Trail Blazers re-sign forward Maurice Harkless". nba.com/blazers. July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
7. "Trail Blazers sign CJ McCollum to contract extansion". nba.com/blazers. July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
8. "Trail Blazers sign Evan Turner". nba.com/blazers. July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
9. "Trail Blazers sign Festus Ezeli". nba.com/blazers. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
10. "Trail Blazers sign Tim Quarterman". nba.com/blazers. July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
11. "Charlotte Hornets sign free-agent guard Brian Roberts". nba.com/hornets. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
12. "Sixers sign guard Gerald Henderson". nba.com/sixers. July 9, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.

External links

• Official website