The Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to sign Reggie Perry to a 10-day hardship deal.

Perry previously played two games earlier this season on the Blazers on a 10-day deal.

The Portland Trail Blazers provided the following injury updates on Monday:

Jusuf Nurkic has had improvement in the condition of his left foot plantar fasciitis. Nurkic’s rehabilitation program has decreased his symptoms and increased the overall function of his left foot and ankle. He will continue his treatment and recovery program and will miss the remainder of the regular season. Nurkic played through symptoms of plantar fasciitis through February 16th of this season. In 56 games (all starts), he averaged 15.0 points (53.5% FG, 26.8% 3-PT, 69.0% FT), a career-high 11.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.11 steals.

Eric Bledsoe received a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection on Wednesday, March 23 to address the tendinopathy in his left Achilles tendon. He will miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season. Bledsoe appeared in 54 games (29 starts) for the LA Clippers this season, averaging 9.9 points (42.1% FG, 31.3% 3-PT, 76.1% FT), 3.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.28 steals and 25.2 minutes. He was acquired by Portland in a trade with the Clippers on February 4.

Anfernee Simons has missed the last 11 games with patellar tendinopathy in his left knee. His knee is responding well to treatment and rehab. Simons will be out the final two weeks of the regular season. In 57 games (30 starts) this season, Simons averaged career highs of 17.3 points (44.3% FG, 40.5% 3-PT, 88.8% FT), 2.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 29.5 minutes. Simons leads Portland in total points (988), three-pointers made (179) and assists (221) for the 2021-22 season.

Didi Louzada is progressing well in his rehabilitation from surgery on February 4 to address the torn meniscus in his left knee. Louzada is in the final stages of his return to play protocol and is anticipated to return to action during this season.

Josh Hart has missed the last four games with patellar tendinopathy in his left knee. He will be reevaluated in one week.

As Damian Lillard continues his rehabilitation process, he was interviewed by Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports and discussed whether he thinks the best is yet to come for him personally and collectively with the Portland Trail Blazers.

“I think personally my best is yet to come 100 percent," said Lillard. "This is my first time being able to take a step back and just fully address my development. Over the course of my career, there have always been things that I've wanted to correct or get better at, but maybe I had a long season and went into the playoffs and then we had a quick turnaround. Whatever the case may be, I never had this much time to fully break down my game and really challenge myself development-wise. Working on things that I'm not comfortable with all the time, things that other guys at my position do really well. I’ve had a window of time and opportunity to add to my game and to watch film with my coaches and trainers to really address those things that a lot of times might be uncomfortable. Since I had my surgery in January, I’ll have around 10 months before the start of next season. So me having that amount of time to look in the mirror to address these things and get my body right, we'll get the most out of it and I'll be the best version of myself individually. And I also think we've taken some steps back as an organization, obviously with the moves that we've made [at the trade deadline]. But we've also positioned ourselves to do something that we haven't been able to do since I've been here, which is we’ve opened up money, we got picks, we got a $22 million trade exception, we got a $6 million trade exception, we got the full mid-level, we got the biannual. We have an opportunity, and we got flexibility. There are guys we can bring in that can make us a team that can compete for a championship, but we have to execute that.”

Lillard is confident that Portland won't be continuing their rebuild into next season.

“I don't see any way that, where we are right now is even possible to be in this place next season. I just don't see that happening. There’s no way.”

Lillard was also asked whether a championship with the Blazers remains his desire.

“That's the only thing I care about, honestly. It seems like after I announced that I was having surgery, people were like, ‘Oh, he's 31 and having this done.’ Man, 31 is not old. They act like you’re old when we have guys around the league older than me that are still playing at a high level. Also, my game is not based on me playing above the rim. I'm a sniper. I shoot. I got a good step. I can think the game. I can manipulate the game, and I know how to play. My game will age well, and I don't have a history of injuries. And the one that I just had is not a bad injury to have. I'm going to come back and be fine. Like I said, my best is yet to come. And the only things that I play for at this point is I want to be the MVP of the league and I want to win the championship. And once I do those things, I feel great about the investment that I made to this game over my whole life. If I accomplish those two things, I'm walking away feeling like I literally got the most out of myself as an athlete.”

Kris Dunn has agreed to sign a second 10-day contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Dunn has averaged seven points and five assists in six games for the Blazers.

The Portland Trail Blazers will sign Drew Eubanks to a fourth consecutive 10-day contract.

Eubanks has averaged 12.3 points and 8.2 rebounds in 13 games for the Blazers.

The Portland Trail Blazers are expected to seriously pursue a trade with the Detroit Pistons for Jerami Grant this offseason.

The Blazers will explore trading away the New Orleans Pelicans' 2022 first round pick, which they will own if it falls between Nos. 5 and 14 in the draft. If the Pelicans reach the playoffs, their first round pick will instead be conveyed to the Charlotte Hornets. 

If the Blazers do not own that pick, their ability to trade for Grant will be far more difficult.

Grant is eligible for a four-year, $112 million extension this offseason.

Grant and Damian Lillard were teammates on Team USA last summer.

Damian Lillard will miss the remainder of the 21-22 season following his January abdominal surgery.

Sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic that Lillard has looked strong in workout and is making tremendous progress. 

The Portland Trail Blazers decided it was best for Lillard's rehab process to sit the reminder of the season as they play their younger players.

Lillard's last game was on Dec. 31st against the Los Angeles Lakers. 

The Portland Trail Blazers are adding some injury reinforcements via the hardship exception. Kris Dunn will sign a 10-day contract to give Portland some additional backcourt depth.

The banged-up Blazers are currently down seven players due to injuries. This includes guards Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons and recently acquired Eric Bledsoe, Joe Ingles and Didi Louzada.

Dunn has played for the Agua Caliente Clippers of the G League this season. In 15 games, Dunn has averaged 9.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

The Portland Trail Blazers are set to sign big man Drew Eubanks to a third 10-day contract. Portland is able to sign Eubanks to a third 10-day, because they are doing so via the hardship exception.

Eubanks has started in all seven games he's played for the Blazers. The center has averaged 9.6 points and 8.1 rebounds per game.

Portland is currently without seven players due to long-term injuries, including regular starting center Jusuf Nurkic.

Anfernee Simons has been diagnosed with mild patellar tendinopathy in his left knee following an MRI.

Simons has missed Portland’s last two games. He will be reevaluated in one to two weeks.  

Through 57 games (30 starts) this season, Simons is averaging career highs of 17.3 points (44.3% FG, 40.5% 3-PT, 88.8% FT), 2.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 29.5 minutes.