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Trail Blazers Nightly Desk · transactions · Tuesday, September 22

Keylan Boone Joins the Portland Trail Blazers

Free agentPortland Trail Blazers
Keylan Boone
F · 25 · rookie
The move
Joins the Trail Blazers
official roster · Sep 22, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
Not on file yet
public salary data lags a signing by a day
Trail Blazers payroll
$194.5M
over the cap · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
21 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Trail Blazers Nightly Desk · 4 h ago

Keylan Boone is on the Portland Trail Blazers' roster as of Tuesday, Sept. 22, arriving via free agency with no prior NBA roster to his name. No injury report preceded the move, and his contract terms are not on file yet.

The move

Boone, a 25-year-old forward entering his rookie season, is on the Portland Trail Blazers' roster as of Tuesday, Sept. 22, per the official roster listing. He joins from free agency, having been on no NBA roster before. No injury report entry preceded the move; none is logged for him. Terms of the transaction beyond his presence on the roster are not detailed in the official listing itself.

The money

Boone's contract is not on file yet; public salary data can lag a signing by a day. Portland's payroll for 2026-27 stands at $194.5 million across 16 contracts, over the $165.0 million cap but under the $200.4 million luxury tax line. The team remains below both the $209.0 million first apron and the $221.7 million second apron.

The fit

Boone has no NBA line from last season. He joins a Portland roster whose returning rotation last season was led by Deni Avdija (33.3 minutes, 24.2 points), Toumani Camara (33.3 minutes, 13.4 points), Jerami Grant (29.7 minutes, 18.6 points), Jrue Holiday (29.4 minutes, 16.3 points), Shaedon Sharpe (29.4 minutes, 20.8 points), Donovan Clingan (27.2 minutes, 12.1 points), Scoot Henderson (24.9 minutes, 14.2 points) and Kris Murray (23.4 minutes, 5.8 points). The Trail Blazers now carry 21 players on the roster, against a standard limit of 15 plus three two-way spots.

What is Keylan Boone's contract with the Trail Blazers?

It is not on file yet; public salary data can lag a signing by a day.

Was there an injury report tied to this move?

No, none is logged.

How many players are on Portland's roster now?

21, against a standard limit of 15 plus three two-way spots.

By the Trail Blazers Nightly Desk, from the data on this page, rewritten when the data changes. How the desks work.
No contract on file yet: public salary data usually catches up within a day.

Trail Blazers rotation

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Toumani Camara33.3 min · 13.4 pts
Deni Avdija33.3 min · 24.2 pts
Jrue Holiday29.4 min · 16.3 pts
Shaedon Sharpe29.4 min · 20.8 pts
Ja Morant28.4 min · 19.5 pts
Donovan Clingan27.2 min · 12.1 pts

Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.