Exclusive 2022-23 Portland Trail Blazers Roster

[THE HCP]

As a Blazer fan, if you can't wish/hope for success each year; then what kind of Blazer fan are you? Don't jump on his shit!!! Riverman is one of our most positive posters.... An intelligent, and knowledgeable one. Who are you???????????

Edit: And just so you know.... I had HIGH hopes with Tolliver and Mario. We had some other issues going on.... Ones that posters here have complained about, for years. I do believe that we are on our way to getting those fixed. Time will tell......

You actually thought Tolliver and Mario would help this team become better? Wow. Then you must REALLY love this year's bench.

 

[B-Roy]

Honestly too true.

 

[Scalma]

Any interest in Goga Bitadze? Indy needs to dump his salary in order to offer Ayton a max. We can take him into the TPE.

Need to move Didi though...

yes sir, but tbh that opinion only comes from what I saw before he got in the league. Haven't followed him since.

 

[Natebishop3]

Honestly too true.

Bullshit. To the "endless hope" group, everyone else falls into the "everything always sucks" group.

It's not that simple.

Certainly there are some people who think everything sucks, but there are tons of people who are frustrated by the team, but hopeful about certain things. I think it seems like there's more "everything sucks" fans right now because the team has been stuck on a treadmill for so long. There hasn't been much to be excited about.

 

[THE HCP]

Honestly too true.

I don't think so. I'm in the.....

-I love my team and hope they win!

-Lets look at the talent level and have realistic expectations.

....group

 

[TBpup]

Honestly too true.

There is absolutely a third group.....that can appreciate and realize what we have, and also look at ways we can be better given relevant historical data, production, and results.

 

[THE HCP]

Bullshit. To the "endless hope" group, everyone else falls into the "everything always sucks" group.

It's not that simple.

Certainly there are some people who think everything sucks, but there are tons of people who are frustrated by the team, but hopeful about certain things. I think it seems like there's more "everything sucks" fans right now because the team has been stuck on a treadmill for so long. There hasn't been much to be excited about.

I wasn't on the "everything sucks" until we stopped making the playoffs.

 

[Natebishop3]

There is absolutely a third group.....that can appreciate and realize what we have, and also look at ways we can be better given relevant historical data, production, and results.

It's not even a third group. There's a million shades of grey. Sure, there's absolute white and absolute black, but there's so many shades of grey in-between.

 

[Scalma]

Honestly too true.

This is every fan base of every team in every sport ever.

 

[B-Roy]

Marang saying word around the team is Drew vs. Trendon open competition for the backup 5 spot.

 

[Natebishop3]

Marang saying word around the team is Drew vs. Trendon open competition for the backup 5 spot.

I just don’t see how Trendon could be the backup 5 except in special situations (or dire situations).

 

[B-Roy]

I just don’t see how Trendon could be the backup 5 except in special situations (or dire situations).

He's not a rim protector, but he's a different look from Nurk that is for sure. I imagine a TON of switching and Trendon allows that.

This lineup is gonna switch everything: Ant (or Dame)/Hart/GP2/Winslow/Trendon

Also go look at backup 5s in the league. Teams are not gonna be posting up Trendon or abusing him 1:1 defensively.

Drew is also a different look. More offense than Trendon but less defense.

 

[Scalma]

I just don’t see how Trendon could be the backup 5 except in special situations (or dire situations).

most second units play smaller and Watford fits as a small ball five. I doubt they’ll throw him out there at center vs bigger units. That’s probably what Eubanks is for, although I’d still sign another big.

 

[perkinsfor3]

I like Goga. He'd be a decent backup with some upside.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

i can see us waiting til midway thru the season before making the decision to bring in someone else.

we can go a few different routes:

1. Pay another team cash to take Didi to just duck the tax.

2. Use the Roco TPE to bring in a ~5 mil player and just take the tax hit this year.

3. Evaluate the roster a few months in, and bring in another big with the BAE or the minimum if we have a pressing need. This also is not that restrictive, because we can try to dump Didi & Keon or do an imbalanced trade at the deadline or after the season to duck the tax. I think this is what they'll do since most of these player will probably still be available in December/January.

Regardless, I just don't know why ducking the tax is a priority for this team. At most, we'd be looking at a ~10 mil payment, which is peanuts in the grand scheme of things. Maybe they want to reset the clock on the repeater and push the absurd payments to 26/27 instead of 25/26 but I really don't see this as a big deal.

I think your post is spot on. One minor correction, teams can't do a trade after the season to duck the tax, they closed that loophole. It has to be done at the trade deadline.

 

[TBpup]

Marang saying word around the team is Drew vs. Trendon open competition for the backup 5 spot.

....and not hiding the opinion he didn't think either was a very good option, just not big enough. Look at what some of the very young Detroit bigs did to Watford. Would much rather he was at the '4'.

 

[Haakzilla]

I wasn't on the "everything sucks" until we stopped making the playoffs.

...how much does missing the playoffs effect your bottom line? Lose out on bonus work monies?

 

[HailBlazers]

Regardless, I just don't know why ducking the tax is a priority for this team. At most, we'd be looking at a ~10 mil payment, which is peanuts in the grand scheme of things. Maybe they want to reset the clock on the repeater and push the absurd payments to 26/27 instead of 25/26 but I really don't see this as a big deal.

Reseting the repeater is a smart business decision especially for a non contender.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Anybody know anything about this cat?



Not that we need more guards, but if he can play...?

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Anybody know anything about this cat?



Not that we need more guards, but if he can play...?

No More Guards!

 

[HailBlazers]

No More Guards!

We're Guard Capped!

 

[Natebishop3]

Anybody know anything about this cat?



Not that we need more guards, but if he can play...?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

We're Guard Capped!

That's a quality post right there, sir. You deserve a signed Blazer basketball for that.

 

[HailBlazers]

That's a quality post right there, sir. You deserve a signed Blazer basketball for that.

Picking it up tomorrow. So excited.

 

[Scalma]

Anybody know anything about this cat?



Not that we need more guards, but if he can play...?

Oh he can DEFINITELY play, I think hes the most NBA built point guard I've seen in Europe in maybe ever, unless you wanna count Doncic as a point. And thats who I think he plays like actually. He doesn't quite have his size but is still a big point guard who is a very good playmaker in the pick and roll, and attacks the basket very well. Hes a streaky shooter, but when he gets hot hes hard to stop. I think he would be a top 15ish point guard if he played in the NBA.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Oh he can DEFINITELY play, I think hes the most NBA built point guard I've seen in Europe in maybe ever, unless you wanna count Doncic as a point. And thats who I think he plays like actually. He doesn't quite have his size but is still a big point guard who is a very good playmaker in the pick and roll, and attacks the basket very well. Hes a streaky shooter, but when he gets hot hes hard to stop. I think he would be a top 15ish point guard if he played in the NBA.

OK--so, Didi and Keon to OKC for his rights, and bring him in to back up Dame. Sounds good to me.

 

[Scalma]

OK--so, Didi and Keon to OKC for his rights, and bring him in to back up Dame. Sounds good to me.

We already have a backup point though, and Micic needs the ball in his hands as much as possible. Ant needs to keep developing as a primary ball handler imo, even if hes starting at SG. If we got Micic he'd never be the primary guy.

 

[speeds]

Dunno if this has been shared...

https://www.nba.com/news/10-takeaways-from-10-days-of-free-agency

1. Early continuity rankings
There are still plenty of free agents available and about 30* open roster spots across the league. There may also be another trade or two coming … sooner or later.

* Not including two-way spots. The Oklahoma City Thunder also have 20 players (five too many) with non-two-way contracts for 2022-23.

But a lot of deals have already gone down, and a lot of teams have turned their roster over quite a bit. The Atlanta Hawks, for example, have seen five guys from their end-of-season roster leave via trade or free agency. They’ve been replaced by five new vets plus rookie AJ Griffin. But the Hawks aren’t at the bottom of the early continuity rankings, an honor that belongs to the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Blazers have actually lost only two players from their end-of-season roster, and neither of those two guys — Eric Bledsoe and Joe Ingles — played a single minute for Portland. But the continuity rankings take all of last season’s minutes into account, and a lot of last season’s minutes were played by guys who the Blazers said goodbye to before the season was over. Robert Covington, Norman Powell, CJ McCollum and Larry Nance Jr. combined to play almost 5,000 minutes for Portland before being sent away by February.

The Blazers also have two available free agents — Ben McLemore and CJ Elleby — who played more than 1,000 minutes last season. And so Portland sits at the bottom of the rankings, with only 49% of last season’s minutes currently set to return.

Of course, if the Brooklyn Nets (currently at just 51%) trade a star or two, they would fall below Portland.

Here are the continuity rankings as they stand on Monday morning:

% of 2021-22 regular-season minutes currently set to return

Rank Team 21-22 Min. *Ret. Players Ret. Min. %Ret.M
1. Toronto 19,855 14 18,871 95%
2. Cleveland 19,730 13 17,611 89%
3. Oklahoma City 19,805 15 17,308 87%
4. Orlando 19,780 14 17,264 87%
5. Chicago 19,730 12 17,057 86%
6. Miami 19,854 14 16,822 85%
7. Milwaukee 19,755 16 16,442 83%
8. Memphis 19,780 12 16,120 81%
9. New Orleans 19,755 14 15,776 80%
10. Charlotte 19,880 12 15,761 79%
11. Philadelphia 19,805 13 15,543 78%
12. LA Clippers 19,980 13 15,490 78%
13. Houston 19,755 11 15,071 76%
14. Boston 19,905 10 14,888 75%
15. Phoenix 19,730 10 14,737 75%
16. New York 19,780 12 14,772 75%
17. Dallas 19,755 11 14,168 72%
18. Golden State 19,730 9 13,760 70%
19. Detroit 19,780 11 13,556 69%
20. Minnesota 19,780 8 13,089 66%
21. San Antonio 19,805 10 11,650 59%
22. Sacramento 19,805 10 11,426 58%
23. Atlanta 19,705 8 10,978 56%
24. Washington 19,830 11 10,889 55%
25. L.A. Lakers 19,780 8 10,500 53%
26. Utah 19,730 9 10,369 53%
27. Indiana 19,879 11 10,350 52%
28. Brooklyn 19,755 10 10,005 51%
29. Denver 19,805 9 9,817 50%
30. Portland 19,730 11 9,598 49%
* Players who are currently under contract or have agreed to re-sign.

At the top are the Toronto Raptors, who are set to bring back all 12 guys who played at least 450 minutes for them last season. Ten of those 12 were under contract, and they’ve re-signed Chris Boucher and Thaddeus Young.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

We already have a backup point though, and Micic needs the ball in his hands as much as possible. Ant needs to keep developing as a primary ball handler imo, even if hes starting at SG. If we got Micic he'd never be the primary guy.

Answer is obvious, bring in Micic and trade Dame.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Dunno if this has been shared...

https://www.nba.com/news/10-takeaways-from-10-days-of-free-agency

1. Early continuity rankings
There are still plenty of free agents available and about 30* open roster spots across the league. There may also be another trade or two coming … sooner or later.

* Not including two-way spots. The Oklahoma City Thunder also have 20 players (five too many) with non-two-way contracts for 2022-23.

But a lot of deals have already gone down, and a lot of teams have turned their roster over quite a bit. The Atlanta Hawks, for example, have seen five guys from their end-of-season roster leave via trade or free agency. They’ve been replaced by five new vets plus rookie AJ Griffin. But the Hawks aren’t at the bottom of the early continuity rankings, an honor that belongs to the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Blazers have actually lost only two players from their end-of-season roster, and neither of those two guys — Eric Bledsoe and Joe Ingles — played a single minute for Portland. But the continuity rankings take all of last season’s minutes into account, and a lot of last season’s minutes were played by guys who the Blazers said goodbye to before the season was over. Robert Covington, Norman Powell, CJ McCollum and Larry Nance Jr. combined to play almost 5,000 minutes for Portland before being sent away by February.

The Blazers also have two available free agents — Ben McLemore and CJ Elleby — who played more than 1,000 minutes last season. And so Portland sits at the bottom of the rankings, with only 49% of last season’s minutes currently set to return.

Of course, if the Brooklyn Nets (currently at just 51%) trade a star or two, they would fall below Portland.

Here are the continuity rankings as they stand on Monday morning:

% of 2021-22 regular-season minutes currently set to return

Rank Team 21-22 Min. *Ret. Players Ret. Min. %Ret.M
1. Toronto 19,855 14 18,871 95%
2. Cleveland 19,730 13 17,611 89%
3. Oklahoma City 19,805 15 17,308 87%
4. Orlando 19,780 14 17,264 87%
5. Chicago 19,730 12 17,057 86%
6. Miami 19,854 14 16,822 85%
7. Milwaukee 19,755 16 16,442 83%
8. Memphis 19,780 12 16,120 81%
9. New Orleans 19,755 14 15,776 80%
10. Charlotte 19,880 12 15,761 79%
11. Philadelphia 19,805 13 15,543 78%
12. LA Clippers 19,980 13 15,490 78%
13. Houston 19,755 11 15,071 76%
14. Boston 19,905 10 14,888 75%
15. Phoenix 19,730 10 14,737 75%
16. New York 19,780 12 14,772 75%
17. Dallas 19,755 11 14,168 72%
18. Golden State 19,730 9 13,760 70%
19. Detroit 19,780 11 13,556 69%
20. Minnesota 19,780 8 13,089 66%
21. San Antonio 19,805 10 11,650 59%
22. Sacramento 19,805 10 11,426 58%
23. Atlanta 19,705 8 10,978 56%
24. Washington 19,830 11 10,889 55%
25. L.A. Lakers 19,780 8 10,500 53%
26. Utah 19,730 9 10,369 53%
27. Indiana 19,879 11 10,350 52%
28. Brooklyn 19,755 10 10,005 51%
29. Denver 19,805 9 9,817 50%
30. Portland 19,730 11 9,598 49%
* Players who are currently under contract or have agreed to re-sign.

At the top are the Toronto Raptors, who are set to bring back all 12 guys who played at least 450 minutes for them last season. Ten of those 12 were under contract, and they’ve re-signed Chris Boucher and Thaddeus Young.

With how much we played scrubs last year and benched starters; just imagine if we brought back the exact end of season roster.

We'd still be way down on this list after the season.