Portland Trail Blazers, $58.2 million payroll, $1.16 million per win. The irony here is that GM Kevin Pritchard's job is in danger even as he is making the most of his depleted roster. This is another young team with a half-dozen contributors on rookie deals: It helps that Brandon Roy ($3.9 million) and LaMarcus Aldridge ($5.8 million) are in the final year of their original contracts before shifting into their big extensions next season. The Blazers were a high-payroll team last year and they may soar back over the luxury-tax threshold in the near future. They must decide whether to compete in a bidding war for free-agent center Marcus Camby, and whether to risk their chemistry by dangling Andre Miller to acquire a prolific-scoring small forward to be paired with Roy, and, alas, whether to wash their hands of Greg Oden.
