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Trail Blazers Nightly Desk · transactions · Tuesday, September 29

Lee Hyun-jung Joins Portland Trail Blazers Roster

Free agent→Portland Trail Blazers
Lee Hyun-jung
· 25 · rookie
The move
Joins the Trail Blazers
official roster · Sep 29, 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
19 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Trail Blazers Nightly Desk · 2 h ago

Lee Hyun-jung is on the Portland Trail Blazers roster, per the team's official roster as of Tuesday, Sep. 29. He is a 25-year-old rookie, and his contract terms are not on file yet.

The move

Lee Hyun-jung joins the Trail Blazers from free agency, having held no prior NBA roster spot, according to the official roster dated Tuesday, Sep. 29. He is 25 and a rookie. No report preceded this move; none is logged. Portland's roster now carries 19 players: 15 on standard contracts and three on two-way deals.

The money

Lee Hyun-jung'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 salary cap but under the $200.4 million luxury tax. The first apron sits at $209.0 million and the second apron at $221.7 million.

The fit

Lee Hyun-jung has no NBA line from last season. Portland's rotation last season was led by Deni Avdija at 33.3 minutes and 24.2 points, Toumani Camara at 33.3 minutes and 13.4 points, Jerami Grant at 29.7 minutes and 18.6 points, Jrue Holiday at 29.4 minutes and 16.3 points, and Shaedon Sharpe at 29.4 minutes and 20.8 points. Donovan Clingan, Scoot Henderson and Kris Murray also logged minutes. The roster now totals 19 players.

What is Lee Hyun-jung's contract with the Trail Blazers?

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

Did a report anticipate this move?

No report is logged ahead of it.

How many players are on Portland's roster now?

19 players: 15 on standard contracts and three on two-way deals.

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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Deni Avdija33.3 min · 24.2 pts
Toumani Camara33.3 min · 13.4 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.