Trail Blazers Continue Media Block By Closing Off Workouts

The Trail Blazers said that they “indefinitely will close future player workouts to reporters” after a report concerning Thursday’s pre-draft workout appeared on Oregonian reporter Jason Quick’s blog, according to Mike Tokito of the Portland OREGONIAN. Quick posted reports of a workout that he watched “by looking through a window in the media room.” The team previously had allowed reporters “to view the final minutes of workouts and interview players afterward” (Portland OREGONIAN, 6/16). The team said in a statement Quick revealed “sensitive information” of the workout while waiting to gain entry to the practice floor (Trail Blazers). The Trail Blazers last month announced that all interview requests were to go through the team’s media relations department first.