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Unless the Trail Blazers get the luck of the ping-pong balls and find themselves in the top three, the chances of them acquiring Oladipo are slim to none. However, there are moving up possibilities. Sources close to the prospect say the Trail Blazers, among a few others teams, “really like him” and are “considering moving up to get him.” CSNNW.com

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Victor Oladipo 

When Oladipo was reached for comment, he acknowledged being aware of the interested teams that weren't in position to take him. If Portland did pull off the move, Oladipo is all for it. “I would really love to go to Portland, and I'm not just saying that,” he said convincingly to CSNNW.com. “I hope, and I don't think I'm dropping that far, but if they decided to move up somehow, I think that would be a great situation for me. It's a place where you can just concentrate on basketball.” CSNNW.com

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Victor Oladipo 

"They were one of the teams to ask me about it," Carter-Williams said of the Blazers. "I told them my body language didn't have anything to do with my coaches or my teammates. I hold myself accountable, and to a high standard, and when I'm disappointed in myself that frustration comes out a little bit. I don't let it affect my game, but it's definitely something I can work on. I think it's something that I can fix, something that is easy to change, so I don't think it's a problem." Oregonian

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Michael Carter-Williams 

Chris Haynes: North Texas PF Tony Mitchell interviewing w/ #Blazers today. Projected early 20s. Says most teams questioning him re: effort in college. Twitter @ChrisBHaynes

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Tony Mitchell 

Joe Kotoch: The Trail Blazers are actively looking for help at center and appear willing to trade their lottery pick for immediate help and depth. Twitter @Probballdraft

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Trade 

Jason Quick: San Diego St. SG Jamaal Franklin met with the Blazers yesterday, and the whole meeting consisted of a psychological test taken on a computer Twitter @jwquick

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Jamaal Franklin 

Muhammad says he had a feeling the Trail Blazers would be in his ballpark before the 2012-13 NBA season concluded. So he reached out to Trail Blazers franchise point guard Damian Lillard when they were in town to take on the Clippers, and Muhammad says in that conversation, the possibility of them playing together in the NBA came up. CSNNW.com

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Damian Lillard, Shabazz Muhamadd 

Chris Mannix: Cody Zeller says he interviewed with Toronto, Portland, Houston and Boston. Denies wingspan is 6-8. Says closer to 6-11. Twitter @ChrisMannixSI

Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors, Draft, Cody Zeller 

Chris Haynes: Syracuse F Michael Carter-Williams says he interviewed with #Blazers yesterday. Twitter @ChrisBHaynes

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Michael Carter-Williams 

Jason Quick: Bucknell's Mike Muscala - a stretch 4 who was coined by ESPN's Chad Ford as a "super sleeper" - says he has workout scheduled with Portland Twitter @jwquick

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Mike Muscala 

Jason Quick: UCLA G/F Shabazz Muhammad and Syrcause F James Southerland have interviewed with the Blazers at the Chicago Combine. Teams get 18 interviews Twitter @jwquick

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Shabazz Muhammad, James Southerland 

Chris Mannix: Muhammad, occasionally unprompted, gushed about Portland. Says he would be a great fit between Lillard and @LaMarcus Aldridge. Twitter @ChrisMannixSI

Portland Trail Blazers, Draft, Shabazz Muhammad 

Paul Allen: Feeling for Seattle basketball fans today, would have been great to have a #NBA team once again Twitter @PaulGAllen

Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Seattle SuperSonics, Paul Allen 

Sotheby's Auction House in New York announced Tuesday that Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen sold a 1953 painting by Barnett Newman dubbed "Onement VI" for $43,845,000. The details from Sotheby's. Blazers Edge

Portland Trail Blazers, Paul Allen 

The big news, though, will come Wednesday — even if few involved could say they had a clue what the day holds. "There's so many different scenarios," said Seahawks president Peter McLoughlin as he checked in, representing Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen. "We'll see what happens (Wednesday)." Seattle Times

Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Paul Allen, Owners, Peter McLoughlin 

Ken Berger: The Trail Blazers have hired Nate Tibbets as an assistant coach. The former Cleveland assistant had been in running for head coaching jobs. Twitter @KBergCBS

Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, Coaching, Nate Tibbetts 

Kostas Papanikolaou of Olympiacos, winner this year “rising star award” as he team defended its title in London, has already proved that he is one of the best European players and this why many NBA teams are thinking of approaching Portland to acquire his rights. Blazers followed him closely throughout the season, but at this point it seems that “Pap” in not on the immediate plans of Neil Olshey. Portland (besides starter Nicolas Batum) also has another talented European forward with Spaniard Victor Claver and is no need to “overload” the small forward position. EuroHoops.net

Portland Trail Blazers, Greece, Olympiacos, Kostas Papanikolaou 

So there is a strong chance that the Blazers will trade his rights and many teams has shown interest. Spurs and Mavericks are among them, as well as the Knicks who drafted Papanikolaou on No48 of last year’s draft. Knicks GM Glen Grunwald visited London for a day, just to watch him on the semifinal against CSKA! EuroHoops.net

Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, Greece, Olympiacos, Kostas Papanikolaou 

Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Terry Stotts has begun the process of interviewing various candidates for their assistant coach opening vacated by Kaleb Canales, who took the same position with Dallas, CSNNW.com has learned. CSNNW.com

Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Coaching, Kaleb Canales, Terry Stotts 

Detroit assistant/big-man specialist Roy Rogers was inquired about by the Trail Blazers recently, according to a league source. But both sides agreed it wasn't the right fit. Stotts pursued Rogers last offseason, as well. CSNNW.com

Detroit Pistons, Portland Trail Blazers, Coaching, Roy Rogers