2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers season explained

Team:	Portland Trail Blazers
End Year:	2021
Wins:	42
Losses:	30
Division:	Northwest
Division Place:	3
Conf Place:	6
Coach:	Terry Stotts
Gm:	Neil Olshey
Owners:	Jody Allen
Arena:	Moda Center
Playoffs:	First Round (lost to Nuggets 2–4)
Bbr Team:	POR
Television:	NBC Sports Northwest
Radio:	KPOJ, Portland Trail Blazers Radio

The 2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers season was the franchise's 51st season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Trail Blazers entered the season following a playoff defeat from the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the play-in tournament. After the Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets failed to qualify for the postseason for the first time since the 2012-13 and 2011-12 season respectively, the Trail Blazers now hold the longest active playoff streak in the NBA qualifying every year since the 2013-14 season. In the first round, the Trail Blazers faced the Denver Nuggets where they lost to them in six games.

Following the playoff exit, the Trail Blazers and head coach Terry Stotts mutually agreed to part ways after nine years.^[1]

Draft picks

See main article: article and 2020 NBA draft.

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

Standings

Conference

Notes

z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
y – Clinched division title
x – Clinched playoff spot
pb – Clinched play-in spot
o – Eliminated from playoff contention
* – Division leader

Game log

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 72 || 35 || 24.4 || .604 || .250 || .774 || 11.0 || 1.2 || .5 || .7 || 11.2|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 70 || 70 || 32.0 || .401 || .379 || .806 || 6.7 || 1.7 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 8.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 69 || 3 || 24.5 || .421 || .409 || .890 || 3.1 || 1.5 || .7 || .6 || 13.4|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 67 || 67 || 35.8 || .451 || .391 || .928 || 4.2 || 7.5 || .9 || .3 || 28.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 64 || 0 || 17.3 || .419 || .426 || .807 || 2.2 || 1.4 || .3 || .1 || 7.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 58 || 43 || 22.7 || .484 || .316 || .648 || 3.5 || .8 || .6 || .9 || 6.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 48 || 2 || 13.3 || .467 || .350 || .800 || 2.7 || .5 || .1 || .3 || 4.6|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 47 || 47 || 34.0 || .458 || .402 || .812 || 3.9 || 4.7 || .9 || .4 || 23.1|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 41 || 23 || 30.8 || .414 || .397 || .773 || 2.2 || 1.4 || .9 || .1 || 15.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 38 || 5 || 19.1 || .363 || .298 || .750 || 1.9 || 1.2 || .5 || .1 || 4.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 38 || 0 || 9.2 || .433 || .348 || .593 || 3.5 || .8 || .2 || .3 || 2.8|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 37 || 37 || 23.8 || .514 || .400 || .619 || 9.0 || 3.4 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 11.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 30 || 0 || 6.4 || .379 || .206 || .733 || 1.1 || .3 || .2 || .1 || 2.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|^†| 27 || 27 || 34.4 || .443 || .361 || .880 || 3.3 || 1.9 || 1.3 || .4 || 17.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 17 || 0 || 4.4 || .250 || .250 || || .6 || .2 || .1 || .0 || .7|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 11 || 1 || 9.7 || .500 || .000 || .563 || 2.4 || 1.2 || .2 || .4 || 2.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 7 || 0 || 5.0 || .500 || || 1.000 || .7 || .1 || .3 || .1 || 1.7|}

Playoffs

|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 6 || 6 || 41.3 || .463 || .449 || .940 || 4.3 || 10.2 || 1.0 || .7 || 34.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 6 || 6 || 40.0 || .439 || .333 || .769 || 6.0 || 4.3 || .3 || .7 || 20.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 6 || 6 || 38.0 || .500 || .500 || .900 || 7.8 || 1.2 || 1.5 || 1.0 || 9.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 6 || 6 || 36.0 || .500 || .385 || .889 || 2.2 || 2.0 || .8 || 1.0 || 17.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 6 || 6 || 28.8 || .545 || .200 || .720 || 10.3 || 2.7 || .5 || 1.2 || 13.2|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 6 || 0 || 23.8 || .417 || .378 || .909 || 3.2 || 1.5 || .3 || .2 || 12.3|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 6 || 0 || 17.8 || .560 || .611 || || 2.7 || .8 || .3 || .2 || 6.5|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 5 || 0 || 11.2 || .500 || || 1.000 || 2.6 || .0 || .0 || .4 || 2.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 5 || 0 || 7.2 || .800 || || .667 || 1.6 || .0 || .2 || .2 || 2.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 3 || 0 || 3.0 || .250 || .250 || .500 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .3 || 1.7|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 3 || 0 || 2.3 || .750 || || || 1.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 2.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .400 || .000 || || .0 || .0 || .5 || .0 || 2.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 || || || 1.5 || .5 || .0 || .0 || .0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 2 || 0 || 2.0 || .500 || .000 || || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0|- | style="text-align:left;"|| 1 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 || || || 3.0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0|}

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2020–21 NBA season transactions.

Trades

November 20, 2020^[2]	To Portland Trail Blazers Enes Kanter	To Boston Celtics Future MEM draft consideration
To Memphis Grizzlies Mario Hezonja Desmond Bane
November 22, 2020^[3]	To Portland Trail Blazers Robert Covington	To Houston Rockets Trevor Ariza 2020 first-round pick 2021 protected first-round pick
March 25, 2021^[4]	To Portland Trail Blazers Norman Powell	To Toronto Raptors Gary Trent Jr. Rodney Hood

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Rodney Hood^[5]	November 22, 2020
Carmelo Anthony^[6]	November 22, 2020

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Derrick Jones Jr.^[7]	November 22, 2020	Miami Heat
Harry Giles^[8]	November 22, 2020	Sacramento Kings
		Toronto Raptors
		Indiana Pacers

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Jaylen Adams^[9]	Free agency
Hassan Whiteside^[10]	Free agency	Sacramento Kings
Wenyen Gabriel^[11]	Free agency
Jaylen Hoard^[12]	Free agency	Oklahoma City Thunder
Moses Brown^[13]	Free agency
Caleb Swanigan	Free agency	N/A

Notes and References

Web site: TRAIL BLAZERS AND TERRY STOTTS MUTUALLY AGREE TO PART WAYS. NBA.com. June 4, 2021. June 4, 2021.
Web site: TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE ENES KANTER IN THREE-TEAM TRADE . NBA.com . November 20, 2020 . en.
Web site: TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE ROBERT COVINGTON FROM HOUSTON . NBA.com . November 22, 2020 . en.
Web site: TRAIL BLAZERS ACQUIRE NORMAN POWELL FROM TORONTO RAPTORS . NBA.com . March 25, 2021 . en.
Web site: TRAIL BLAZERS RE-SIGN RODNEY HOOD . NBA.com. November 22, 2020. November 22, 2020.
Web site: TRAIL BLAZERS RE-SIGN CARMELO ANTHONY . NBA.com. November 22, 2020. November 22, 2020.
Web site: TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN DERRICK JONES JR . NBA.com. November 22, 2020. November 22, 2020.
Web site: TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN HARRY GILES . NBA.com. November 22, 2020. November 22, 2020.
Web site: Milwaukee Bucks Sign Jaylen Adams And Mamadi Diakite To Two-Way Contracts. NBA.com. November 24, 2020. November 24, 2020.
Web site: Kings Sign Hassan Whiteside. NBA.com. November 27, 2020. November 27, 2020.
Web site: Pelicans sign Wenyen Gabriel and Willy Hernangómez . NBA.com. November 30, 2020. November 30, 2020.
Web site: Thunder Sign, Waive Jaylen Hoard . hoopsrumors.com. December 7, 2020. December 7, 2020.
Web site: Thunder Signs Moses Brown and Josh Hall to Two-Way Contracts . NBA.com. December 9, 2020. December 9, 2020.