Overview
- The Trail Blazers publicly released their four-game preseason schedule on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, covering Oct. 7–16 with two home games at Moda Center and two road games in Sacramento and San Francisco.
- Portland will host the BC London Lions on Oct. 12 in what the Lions say is the first time a British professional club will play an NBA team, a matchup the Lions’ coach Tautvydas Sabonis framed as meaningful to his family.
- The full preseason line-up lists Oct. 7 vs. Golden State (Moda Center), Oct. 12 vs. BC London Lions (Moda Center), Oct. 13 at Sacramento (Golden 1 Center), and Oct. 16 at Golden State (Chase Center).
- The organization has made recent personnel moves tied to development and analytics, hiring Ameer Bahhur to lead the G League Rip City Remix and James Brocato as director of basketball innovation, and it signed Jeremy Sochan to a training-camp contract.
- Broadcast and streaming plans for the preseason have not been announced and negotiations between the franchise and the city of Portland remain tense, though analysts say relocation does not appear imminent given market and league factors.