The NBA Canada Series returns in 2018 after a one-year hiatus. And guess who’s going to be on the marquee for the first time. Well, wouldn’t ya know it? It’s your Portland Trail Blazers.
The Blazers will play the Toronto Raptors at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday, September 29, 2018.
Canada Series
The NBA Canada Series began in 2012 and has been played each preseason since — with one exception. There was no series in 2017 due to the elongated NBA season and condensed exhibition season.
Damian Lillard seems pleased with the idea:
Lillard’s full quote, from a league press release (and as reported by NBC Sports Northwest’s Jason Quick), was:
Vancouver is cool.