Breaking down the contract decisions the Trail Blazers have to make this summer — Shaedon Sharpe, Anfernee Simons, Toumani Camara and more rosegardenreport.com/breaking-down-…

Some personal news: After seven incredible years, today is my final day at The Athletic.

Come stop by and say hi. Sean Highkin and I will be live from 3-4:30 with the Rip City Drive, live from Dr.Jack’s. #RipCity

Austin is one of the great ones - I hate seeing this happen in media, and it’s happening far too often. Local coverage has got to start mattering more than every single penny on the ledger. AI isn’t going to write a story that matters - and folks need to start pushing back

Austin has been incredible covering high school sports (& beyond), and OSAA was fortunate to have a reporter like him covering our events. This sucks for local coverage. But Austin won’t remain a free agent long, and someone is about to hit a home run when they hire him

Big news: I’m thrilled to share that I’m joining the best sports newsroom in the world, The Athletic, to cover the Los Angeles Lakers. It’s an incredible honor to work with so many journalists that I’ve long admired. Can’t wait to get started.

Always remember that the trades that actually happen are the o es they keep quiet during negotiations.

Anfernee Simons was the last player left on the Blazers' roster that Neil Olshey drafted. That page has been fully turned now.

I’ve been told the opposite, fwiw. This time, they’re trading for Jrue with the intention of keeping him.

One more note about the trade: It's not expected to be made official until after July 6. There will very likely be more before then and it could all potentially be combined into one trade for order-of-operations purposes.

I once wrote a story on why Jrue Holiday appreciated Chauncey Billups during Holiday’s VERY brief time with the Blazers a couple of years ago. Seems relevant now: nytimes.com/athletic/53352…

On the shocking Anfernee Simons-Jrue Holiday trade, which represents a belief by the Blazers in their young core's readiness to win, and in particular a big bet on Scoot Henderson rosegardenreport.com/jrue-holiday-t…

Who is Anfernee Simons, and why did the Celtics trade for him? Bringing on the 🐐 Trail Blazers reporter Sean Highkin for a live You Got Boston at 4pm ET, tune in!

Almost forgot: here's an NBA Draft pronunciation guide

Now that he's in Boston, does Anfernee Simons crack the top 50 next time they update the Ringer 100 rankings?

New Podcast: Brought on Blazers reporter Sean Highkin to discuss the Jrue Holiday-Anfernee Simons trade -- and to discuss whether Simons can fit in Boston: youtube.com/watch?v=2B8eJn…