RealGM Basketball Wiretap

28 March 2025

• Robert Williams III To Undergo Arthroscopic Procedure In Left Knee, Out 4-6 Weeks

  Robert Williams III is set to undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee to address inflammation, the Portland Trail Blazers announced.

  Williams is set to miss the next 4-6 weeks.

  Williams is averaging 5.8 points and 5.9 rebounds in 20 games this season.

• Matisse Thybulle To Make Season Debut After Recovering From Ankle Injury

  Matisse Thybulle will make his 24-25 season debut on Wednesday when the Portland Trail Blazers play the New York Knicks. Thybulle has been out for the entire season with a knee and ankle injury.

  Last season, Thybulle appeared in 65 games with the Blazers and averaged 5.4 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.7 steals in 22.9 minutes.

  Thybulle makes just over $11 million this season and has an $11.55 million player option for next season.

• Meyers Leonard Announces Retirement

  Meyers Leonard announced his retirement from basketball on Sunday. The veteran center played 10 seasons in the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks.

  Leonard was fined $50,000 by the NBA and suspended from team activities in 2021 due to making an anti-Semitic comment during a livestream of him playing a video game. The Heat then traded Leonard to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who subsequently waived him.

  Leonard then missed a season to rehab from injury, while working to making amends and to educate himself after making the anti-Semitic comment. He then signed with the Bucks in 2023, in what would be the final season of his career.

• Jusuf Nurkic Suggests Orlando Should Trade For Portland Guard

  Following his debut game in the Charlotte Hornets loss to the Orlando Magic, Jusuf Nurkic was asked where he thinks the Magic are at as a team. Nurkic was complimentary of Orlando, while making a suggestion for a future transaction.

  "They are a really good young team and they are doing a really good job. They have a really good coaching staff, but I think they are missing one player. I can't name it, but that's my little fella from Portland, but I love my Portland people...but I think they are waiting and missing one player to be a really good team," Nurkic said.

  The veteran center seems to be hinting at former Portland Trail Blazers teammate Anfernee Simons with his comments. Simons is an Orlando native, and an often-suggested trade target for the Magic. Simons has one year left on his contract with the Blazers at $27.7 million for next season.

• Deandre Ayton Out At Least Four Weeks With Left Calf Strain

  Deandre Ayton exited Monday night's game at Denver with an injury to the left calf. Ayton underwent an MRI on Tuesday which confirmed a left calf strain.
  
  Ayton will be re-evaluated in 4 weeks.

• Trail Blazers To Sign Sidy Cissoko To Two-Way Contract; Waive Taze Moore

  The Portland Trail Blazers are signing forward Sidy Cissoko to a two-way contract. To create the roster spot for Cissoko, the Blazers are waiving guard Taze Moore from his two-way deal.

  Cissoko was recently traded from the San Antonio Spurs to the Sacramento Kings. The Kings then sent Cissoko to the Washington Wizards in a subsequent trade. The Wizards waived Cissoko to free up a roster spot at the trade deadline.

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