With the COVID-19 outbreak shuttering the NBA for at least the next two months, the first goal for Jody Allen, the players and the Trail Blazers as an organization was to make sure arena employees losing income due to lost games would receive some assistance.
So after working through the details, the team announced last week that Allen, the players and the team were committing more that $1.4 million toward relief efforts, with part of those donations going to pay employees for nine postponed Trail Blazers games.
Now, the team is turning their attention to the community.