Articles by Jason Poulsen

About Jason Poulsen

As a former collegiate basketball player, with a great deal of emphasis on the former, my passion for the game has since led me on quite the journey. Writing for the Oregon Sports News, along with the effort I’m putting in to finally get a long ago developed proprietary basketball performance analytical tool off the ground, represent full circle moments. There have been a multitude of stops & roles along the way, the pertinent ones being Assistant to Director of Basketball Operations, Basketball Operations Assistant, NBA Draft Statistical Analyst, & Sports Writer, & the less pertinent – Store Manager, Lids Sports Group. I suppose one hasn’t really lived unless they’ve worked in retail or so I’ve told myself.

“The Process,” As I’ve Come To Call This Portland Trail Blazers Season, Has Been Oh So Painful

April 8, 2024 Jason Poulsen 1

But don’t worry; the bleeding will stop soon enough when the season ends on April 14th. The hits seem to keep on coming: As cruel as this season has been, an April Fool’s joke it […]

Be Not Dismayed, Portland Trail Blazer Fans, This Season Is All About The Aladdins

January 17, 2024 Jason Poulsen Comments Off

And I don’t mean the theater in Portland; it’s all about The Diamonds in the Rough To all of Portland Trail Blazers fandom, I say, feel free to “Put your head on my shoulder”! If […]

This Small Ball Era, If That’s What We’re Even Calling It, Has Not Been Kind To The Portland Trail Blazers

November 13, 2023 Jason Poulsen Comments Off

Let’s get this out of the way right up front – the NBA is NOT in a Small Ball Era. It simply can’t be when players are bigger, faster, longer, and stronger than ever. Per […]

Rip City, Joe Cronin Has Earned Our Faith And Trust

October 6, 2023 Jason Poulsen Comments Off

I’m a man of my word: “In Joe Cronin [or JC, since we’re friends now], I will trust forevermore! “Well, maybe not forever, but I will certainly give him the benefit of the doubt going […]

LeBron James – Stat Chaser?

September 11, 2023 Jason Poulsen Comments Off

Contrary to appearances, with no love lost for LeBron in Rip City, this headline is more than clickbait. It’s a legitimate question worthy of discussion. Clear back in mid-January of this year, I couldn’t take […]

It’s Time For The Portland Trail Blazers To Raise The White Flagg (Pun Intended)

August 21, 2023 Jason Poulsen Comments Off

First, what my brother and I call non-breaking breaking news. Otherwise, all is quiet on the Portland Trail Blazers Front. An uninteresting but positive development as far as I’m concerned. The reason being? This silent […]

NBA’s Memo On Damian Lillard’s Trade Request – A Case Study In Semantics

August 1, 2023 Jason Poulsen Comments Off

There is an interesting aspect to the NBA’s scolding of Dame and his agent Aaron Goodwin for their very public trade request. What makes it interesting, at least to me, is it has primarily been […]

With The Clock Having Run Out On Dame Time, Now What?

July 18, 2023 Jason Poulsen Comments Off

Here we’ve been, skipping along through the Trail Blazers’ offseason, using a roadmap as our guide (https://oregonsportsnews.com/the-dame-dilemma-to-trade-or-not-to-trade-that-is-the-question/), seemingly everything going according to plan, only to find ourselves in a tangled pileup on I-5. Or so […]

With The Future Secured, Now What Should The Portland Trail Blazers Do?

June 27, 2023 Jason Poulsen Comments Off

Now, before we pivot back to the road ahead for the Trail Blazers this offseason, a bit of outstanding “business” first. As you might have heard, the NBA draft was on Thursday of last week […]

In True Soap Opera Fashion, The Portland Trail Blazers’ World Is Turning Nowadays – Exploring Recent Developments On The Trade Front

June 20, 2023 Jason Poulsen Comments Off

My oh my, how things have changed! Since laying out a road map for Joe Cronin to follow, some significant detours in the world that is the NBA have come to fruition. While some chess pieces […]