It is not surprising, but it is now official: The Trail Blazers have extended an $8.8 million qualifying offer to center Greg Oden. The offer makes the 23-year-old a restricted free agent, which allows the Blazers to match offers from…

The Charlotte Observer reported late Monday that the Bobcats have hired Rich Cho as their new general manager while promoting current GM Rod Higgins to President of Basketball Operations. Cho, 45, was let go by the Trail Blazers on May…

The Blazers will hold their second pre-draft workout of the offseason on Thursday. Attending are: Kyle Singler, Forward (Duke); Jon Leuer, Forward (Wisconsin); Jereme Richmond, Forward (Illinois); Jeremy Tyler, Center (Tokyo Apache) and Nikola Vucevic, Center (USC). The Blazers hold…

The Trail Blazers will begin pre-draft workouts on Monday June 6th. Among those working out are: Washington guard Isaiah Thomas, Washington forward Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Ohio State guard Jon Diebler, Morehead State forward Kenneth Farid, Georgetown guard Austin Freeman and Villanova…