<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bucks cope with PJ Tucker loss by landing Rodney Hood');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Milwaukee-copes-with-PJ-tucker-loss-by-landing-Rodney-Hood.jpeg"></figure><h1>Bucks cope with PJ Tucker loss by landing Rodney Hood</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-08-03T09:45:49-07:00">August 3rd, 9:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-08-03T09:45:49-07:00">August 3rd, 9:45am</time><address><a>Matt Wadleigh</a>Matthew Wadleigh was born and raised in Oceanside and resides in Fresno. He lives with his wife and two dogs. He is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Milwaukee Bucks have had a solid free agency thus far by bringing back Bobby Portis. However, the Bucks lost PJ Tucker, who ended up signing with the Miami Heat. Now they have added another player to shore up their shooting.</p><p>According to <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1422592823715639302">Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN,</a> the Bucks are bringing Rodney Hood aboard.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Free agent F Rodney Hood has agreed to a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, agents Ty Sullivan, Austin Brown and Aaron Mintz of <a href="https://twitter.com/CAA_Basketball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@CAA_Basketball</a> tell ESPN. Another perimeter shooter for the Bucks in pursuit of defending their title.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1422592823715639302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">August 3, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Hood was traded from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Toronto Raptors at the NBA trade deadline and played sparingly for the Raptors, appearing in just 17 games. The Bucks will now add a sharpshooter who can space the floor.</p><p>Hood has to be released by the Raptors, but that is expected, and upon clearing waivers he plans on joining the defending NBA Champions.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Raptors are planning to release Hood, and upon clearing waivers, Hood intends to sign the deal with the Bucks. <a href="https://t.co/6QvQGYW5cV" target="_blank">https://t.co/6QvQGYW5cV</a></p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1422594838889914375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">August 3, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Losing Tucker was a big blow, but retaining Portis– <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-bobby-portis-agrees-to-9-million-deal-with-milwaukee/">especially for a cheap deal</a>— and bringing on Hood are solid moves for Giannis Antetokounmpo and company, who are trying to prove they aren’t just a one-hit-wonder.</p><p>Hood, the former first-round pick out of Duke, is hoping for a bit of a career resurgence in Milwaukee after averaging single digits in points for the first time in the past five seasons. The good news? Hood is a career 36.7 percent three-point shooter, and the Bucks could definitely use more shooters on their already-talented roster.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bucks cope with PJ Tucker loss by landing Rodney Hood

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blazers get Norman Powell from Raptors for Rodney Hood, Gary Trent Jr.');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Blazers-Norman-Powell-Gary-Trent-Jr-Raptors.jpg"></figure><h1>Blazers get Norman Powell from Raptors for Rodney Hood, Gary Trent Jr.</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-25T10:02:33-07:00">March 25th, 10:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-25T10:09:51-07:00">March 25th, 10:09am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Freelance Sports Journalist from Vancouver, Canada.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After a career-year with the Toronto Raptors, Norman Powell is on his way out. According to<a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1375126939078434817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1375126939078434817%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php"> ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski</a>, the Raps have traded Powell to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Gary Trent Jr and Rodney Hood.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Toronto has traded Norm Powell to Portland for Gary Trent and Rodney Hood, sources tell ESPN.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1375126939078434817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 25, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Powell has been arguably one of Toronto’s best players this season and with the organization out of the playoff picture currently, the former UCLA standout’s value couldn’t be higher.</p><p>Almost half of the league was interested in the 27-year old swingman, but the Blazers were the ones able to get a deal across the line. As for Trent Jr, he’s also had a terrific year in Portland, helping Damian Lillard and co. stay afloat in the Western Conference playoff picture with CJ McCollum having missed substantial time due to a foot injury.</p><p>Trent Jr. is averaging 15 points per night this season and should add a spark to the Raptors’ offense in place of Powell. Hood can offer shooting off the bench for Toronto as well.</p><p>But, the winner here certainly <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/portland-trail-blazers/schedule">seems to be the Blazers</a>. Powell’s 19.6 points per game and 44% clip from downtown made him one of the most coveted players on the trading block and Portland is lucky enough to have acquired him as they look to climb their way up the Western Conference standings.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers get Norman Powell from Raptors for Rodney Hood, Gary Trent Jr.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rodney Hood reaches 2-year, $21 million deal to stay with Blazers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent; 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charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Blazers-news-Rodney-Hood-reaches-2-year-21-million-deal-to-stay-in-Portland.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Rodney Hood reaches 2-year, $21 million deal to stay with Blazers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-20T18:26:00-08:00">November 20th, 6:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-20T18:26:00-08:00">November 20th, 6:26pm</time><address><a>Kriel Ibarrola</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Portland Trail Blazers showed utmost trust to their injured guard Rodney Hood on Friday by giving him a two-year, $21 million contract to keep his talents in Oregon.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1329961356188069888" rel="noopener noreferrer">ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski</a> confirmed the deal on Day 1 of the 2020-21 free agency period.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Free agent F Rodney Hood is returning to the Portland Trail Blazers on a two-year, $21M deal, sources tell ESPN.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1329961356188069888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Given Hood’s unfortunate luck with the injury bug in recent years, the Blazers added a kicker by making the second year a non-guaranteed deal, which they could pick up by the end of the season.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Second year on Hood deal is non-guaranteed, per source. <a href="https://t.co/BuSgwNbe19" target="_blank">https://t.co/BuSgwNbe19</a></p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1329961453206589441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 21, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Rodney Hood first came over to Portland back in February 2019 from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for or Nik Stauskas, Wade Baldwin IV, and two future second-round picks. The 6-foot-8 swingman immediately bolstered the Blazers’ wings and soon found himself a regular in the rotation. </p><p>The 28-year-old lefty shooter was expected to gain a bigger role in his first full season with the team in 2019-20 up until disaster struck last December. Hood tore his Achilles tendon in a regular-season match against the Los Angeles Lakers and was ruled out for the rest of the campaign. He put up career bests in field goal (50.6) and 3-point percentages (49.3) while averaging 11.0 points in 21 games before the season-ending injury.</p><p>Hood was unable to join the Blazers in the bubble despite the long hiatus due to the pandemic and was initially expected to miss the start of 2020-21. But judging by the Blazers’ faith in him, it looks like his recovery is going as planned and could return much sooner.</p><p>Apart from retaining Hood, the Blazers are also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-news-blazers-re-acquire-enes-kanter-in-3-team-trade-with-celtics-grizzlies/" rel="noopener noreferrer">reuniting with former center</a> Enes Kanter after agreeing to a three-team deal with the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rodney Hood reaches 2-year, $21 million deal to stay with Blazers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rodney Hood becoming a free agent after declining $6 million player option');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Blazers-Rodney-Hood.jpg"></figure><h1>Rodney Hood becoming a free agent after declining $6 million player option</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-17T10:29:16-08:00">November 17th, 10:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-17T10:29:42-08:00">November 17th, 10:29am</time><address><a>Jeremy Chua</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Portland Trail Blazers forward Rodney Hood is bound to test the free agency waters after declining his $6 million player option for the 2020-2021 NBA season, as per <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1328758444116086785">ESPN</a>‘s Adrian Wojnarowski. His most recent campaign was cut short due to a torn Achilles injury sustained last season and is currently heading to the final season of his two-year, $16 million contract signed back in July 2019.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Portland Trail Blazers F Rodney Hood is declining his $6M player option and becoming a free agent, sources tell ESPN. Hood’s had nearly a full year to recover from a torn Achilles injury and can play right away with a new team.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1328758444116086785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 17, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The former Duke standout has been a solid pickup for the Blazers ever since he came to Portland via a trade by the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Nik Stauskas, Wade Baldwin IV, and two future second-round picks.</p><p>He tallied better numbers in his previous stint with the Cavs but still emerged as a valuable contributor for the Blazers where he tallied norms of 9.6 points, 1.3 assists, and 1.7 rebounds in his first <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-rumors-gordon-hayward-has-plenty-of-suitors-amid-34-2-million-player-option-decision/" rel="noopener noreferrer">season with his new</a> team.</p><p>Hood was pivotal in the team’s playoff run in the 2018-2019 season but succumbed in a series sweep to the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. Hood managed to carry over the momentum in the 2019-2020 season and bumped his averages to 11.0 points, 1.5 assists, and a career-best 3.4 rebounds per game in 21 games played as a starter for the Blazers.</p><p>Coincidentally, he suffered a torn Achilles injury in a 136-113 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers back on December 6, 2019. It turned out to be the same squad who eliminated the Blazers in five games during the opening-round proceedings of the 2020 NBA Playoffs in the Orlando Bubble.</p><p>Having undergone a long road to recover from his injury, the incoming nine-year veteran is looking to start anew and pick up where he left off this time with another team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rodney Hood becoming a free agent after declining $6 million player option

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rodney Hood expects to be with Blazers next season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Rodney-Hood-expects-to-be-with-Portland-next-season-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Rodney Hood expects to be with Blazers next season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-04-14T13:58:05-07:00">April 14th, 1:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-04-14T13:58:36-07:00">April 14th, 1:58pm</time><address><a>ClutchPoints</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Rodney Hood has not made a decision about his player option for next season, but he has every intention of playing for the Portland Trail Blazers.</p><p>On a conference call with Portland-area reporters, Hood <a href="https://twitter.com/highkin/status/1250153432167485441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1250153432167485441&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">said</a> he has not made up his mind on the $6 million option he holds for next season. Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the NBA to suspend its season, it was widely assumed that Hood would pick up that option with the Blazers as he continues to rehab a torn Achilles suffered in December.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hood hasn't decided whether or not he's picking up his player option for next season. "But I fully expect to be in a Portland Trail Blazers uniform next season."</p><p>— Sean Highkin (@highkin) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/highkin/status/1250153432167485441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Hood also shed some light on his rehab from the Achilles injury, which he suffered in the Blazers’ Dec. 6 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Hood said his rehab has been going well, and he’s hoping to resume on-court activities in June. If it weren’t for the shutdown, he was hoping to be ready to return to action in time for next season’s training camp, which was scheduled to begin in September.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hood says he had been hoping to be ready to go by training camp if the season were on the normal schedule. Obviously the pandemic/season shutdown has everything up in the air. He's out of the walking boot now, hoping to get back on the court mid-June regardless.</p><p>— Sean Highkin (@highkin) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/highkin/status/1250154893504991232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Before his injury, Hood was having the best season of his six-year career. He built on an outstanding 2019 playoff run with the Blazers and solidified himself as a starter for Portland, providing some much-needed shooting. He was hitting his threes at a career-high 49.3 percent from three-point range while averaging 11 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 29.5 minutes per game.</p><p>Nobody knows when the Blazers, or any other NBA team, will start playing again. There are a lot of hurdles to clear with regards to the coronavirus before it can get to that point. But Hood’s rehab seems to be going according to plan, and he wants to be a part of this Blazers core along with Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum for years to come.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

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