But isn't the point of cap space to use it to sign players? It's like, you put money in a savings account, not just to look at your bank balance going up, but because there is something you want to buy with it. When you go out and buy what you want, you're savings aren't wasted, they're used.
The Blazers had one of the worst, if not the worst, benches in the league last year. They have improved it significantly. The starting lineup was good but center was a big hole, literally and figuratively. Brook Lopez is no superstar but he's competent and having him takes pressure of Leonard. There is still cap room to sign someone else. When a team is good, it makes sense to shoot for the moon and try to get that one star to take them up to championship level. Portland was not good last year. They needed to fill a lot of needs and have basically done so. Getting four or five good players makes far more sense for them than getting one superstar (exept maybe if LeBron James was available and he's not. No one available is a game changer.) And they did not give up any core players to do so. I think some folks just want to kvetch, frankly.
