Luisa Geiselsöder told media today that she has a HUGE list of recommendations in Portland. Right now it's a lot more coffee shops than restaurants and they are very appreciative of the recs

Portland Fire’s only draftee at training camp, former UConn Husky is soaking everything in Two days into the Fire’s training camp, Serah Williams remains the only rookie taken in the 2026 WNBA draft to touch down in Portland.

Portland Fire’s only draftee at training camp, former UConn Husky is soaking everything in
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Sug Sutton embraces more of a leadership role with Portland Fire On the Fire, Sug Sutton is one of the veteran players and one of the only players with experience as a full-time starter in the WNBA.

Sug Sutton embraces more of a leadership role with Portland Fire
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Racist slur prompts baseball team to forfeit games, Portland high school to cancel classes Central Catholic High School officials say a player used a racist slur in pre-game huddles this month.

Racist slur prompts baseball team to forfeit games, Portland high school to cancel classes. From @jrlsilverman.bsky.social #opreps
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Portland Fire building team culture from scratch ahead of inaugural WNBA season Ahead of the 2026 WNBA season, the Portland Fire's team culture is a blank slate.

Portland Fire building team culture from scratch ahead of inaugural WNBA season
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‘A quirky little place’: Fire players get acquainted with Portland weeks ahead of WNBA debut Most of the Portland Fire roster have made it to their new city and have had a few days to explore.

‘A quirky little place’: Fire players get acquainted with Portland weeks ahead of WNBA debut
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‘A great first day’: Portland Fire open inaugural WNBA training camp The Portland Fire's new roster of players are getting a crash course in coach Alex Sarama's system.

The @portlandfire.bsky.social have opened training camp. With 10 days to go before the preseason starts, the team is getting a crash course in Alex Sarama's system
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Damn yall are getting press conferences?

Portland Fire begin training camp at Portland State, announce Eugene trip WNBA training camp opens on Sunday, and the Portland Fire will be starting things off in the city.

The @portlandfire.bsky.social are opening training camp at Portland State and are planning a trip to Eugene that will include youth clinics
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It’s wild to watch the Portland Fire work with a “trust the process” roster based on development long term. Meanwhile the Liberty are coming next month looking like Exodia the Forbidden One

Portland Fire sign former Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year to training camp contract The Portland Fire have added another guard to the roster with just days to go before training camp.

The Portland Fire added another guard with just days to go before training camp
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Portland Fire assign draft pick to development pool The Portland Fire's 2026 draft picks may not see very much playing time this year.

Portland Fire are placing their second-round draft pick on the development pool
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Portland Fire sign three new players before training camp, including a 35-year-old rookie With just days to go before the start of training camp, the Portland Fire have signed three new players to the roster.

Portland Fire sign three new players before training camp, including a 35-year-old rookie
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This is optional, btw

Portland Fire sign former Washington guard taken in WNBA expansion draft The Portland Fire have officially signed all of the players selected in the 2026 WNBA expansion draft.

The Portland Fire have officially signed every player taken in the expansion draft
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Portland Fire GM asks fans for 'trust' after WNBA draft selections The Portland Fire leaned heavily into international players for the 2026 WNBA draft. The team's GM wants fans to trust the process.

This was an interesting WNBA draft for the Portland Fire. GM Vanja Cernivec wants fans to trust that the team made the right call with back-to-back international players tonight
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But Alex Sarama is BIG on developing players and the team seems to be in a mode of developing players and not brining in splashy names.

I think we remain in a "we'll see" mode.
Iyana Martin isn't coming this year. So the Fire basically acquired 2 forwards.

Obviously fans felt a little deflated bc there is a draft full of college stars from UCLA/SC/UConn and the Fire went international.

Portland Fire’s top WNBA draft pick to delay debut season Portland Fire fans hoping to see the team’s first-round pick from the 2026 WNBA draft will have to be patient.

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Portland Fire add UConn forward via draft-day trade with Connecticut Sun
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Hold off on this

This trade came literally seconds before the Portland Fire picked a German center that no one had ever and the Moda Center was SO CONFUSED

Portland Fire draft former Oregon Duck with third round pick in WNBA draft Taylor Bigby started her college career with Oregon, playing for the Ducks in the 2021-2022 season.

Portland Fire draft former Oregon Duck with third round pick in WNBA draft
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The Moda Center cleared out after the Portland Fire’s second round pick.

I guess fwiw it’s a Monday night and it’s now 6pm so maybe they needed to leave. But selecting 2 international players that most people here have never heard of was a tough pill to swallow.

There's a panel scheduled for later tonight at the Moda Center that fans at the watch party were going to watch.
But after the second round pick, a LOT of people got up and left

Portland Fire take German post in second round of 2026 WNBA draft The Portland Fire stayed with international players in the second round of the 2026 WNBA draft.

Portland Fire take German post in second round of 2026 WNBA draft
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The Fire also have another international point guard on the team. 21-year-old French point guard Carla Leite was the Fire's second pick in the expansion draft.

Par for the course when a team selects an international player that few people have intimate knowledge of. Especially tough when there were still so many college stars available.

Flau'jae Johnson and Raven Johnson going after Martin was a stunner.

I'd be lying if I said it was a boisterous response when the Fire picked a European point guard with their first Draft selection

Portland Fire select Spanish point guard in first round of WNBA Draft The Portland Fire added some depth to the point guard position in the WNBA Draft.

Portland Fire select Spanish point guard in first round of WNBA Draft
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