With the 2025-26 NBA season set to tip off this week, the Portland Trail Blazers are locking up one of their most promising players. Blazers forward Toumani Camara has agreed to a four-year, $82 million extension to stay with the team, his agent told ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Camara, who was drafted in the second round of the 2023 NBA Draft, has grown into a bigger role for Portland across his first two seasons. The Belgium-born forward started in 77 games for the Blazers last year and was named as a member of the NBA All-Defensive second team.
Camara’s rookie season came to an early end after he suffered a rib fracture and kidney laceration in March 2024. But he returned to full form last year, averaging 32:40 minutes per game and only missing five games during the season.
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Camara averaged 11.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in the 2024-25 season. But his defensive strength has been a major boost for Portland, as the 6-7 forward picked up 116 steals — the ninth-most in the NBA — and 50 blocks last year.
The Trail Blazers will kick off the regular season by hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. It’s unclear if Camara, who has been day-to-day with a knee injury, will get the start.
