About
Welcome to Rip City Project, the Portland Trail Blazers news and opinion site brought to you by the FanSided Network. Rip City Project is dedicated to providing top-notch Trail Blazers news and original content. This site also serves as a community for like-minded fans to come together to catch up on the latest happenings and discuss their passion for all things Portland Trail Blazers. Rip City Project consists of an editorial team that creates content as they closely follow the Portland Trail Blazers. The site covers opinions, news, rumors, trades, and analysis using reputable sources such as Basketball-Reference, Cleaning the Glass, NBA.com, and more. Any article updates or corrections after publication are communicated via an editor's note. With over 7,500 followers on Facebook, Rip City Project has built a social community for fans in addition to posting daily articles year-round. FanSided is owned and operated by Minute Media, whose other brands also include Sports Illustrated, The Players' Tribune, 90min, and Mental Floss.
Meet The Team
Maxwell Ogden
Maxwell Ogden is a full-time editor covering the NBA. He was previously a Contributor Sourcing Specialist for FanSided and spent four years as the Site Expert at Daily Knicks. Maxwell has been a sports writer for more than a decade, with previous experience at Bleacher Report. In addition to being a lifelong NBA fan and historian, Maxwell is a massive football fan. You know, the one you play with your feet.
Michael Saenz
Michael Saenz is the site expert at Sir Charles in Charge. He has been writing about the NBA since 2012 for SCIC and other team sites across the FanSided network. In the past, he has been featured on other outlets such as Bleacher Report and Sports Illustrated. He has also spent time covering high school football, basketball, volleyball, and soccer for local newspapers in Texas. During his free time, he enjoys hiking, camping, and the occasional beach day.
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Reese Kunz
Reese is the Site Expert for Rip City Project, specializing in the Portland Trail Blazers. He has been in the sports industry for over a decade, most recently as a journalist for Oregon Sports News, covering sports across the Pacific Northwest. Reese earned his marketing degree from The University of Arizona and is also a certified full-stack web developer through BloomTech. Outside basketball, he enjoys exploring Portland’s food scene and endless hiking trails.
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Will Eudy
Will Eudy is an NBA Staff Writer at FanSided. He has been covering the league since 2017, including for FanSided since 2021. Will currently writes about relevant stories across the NBA while specializing in coverage of his local team, the Charlotte Hornets. He has written for publications including Sports Illustrated, SB Nation and 247Sports. When he is not writing, he enjoys weightlifting, traveling and spending time with friends.
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