other than who the coach will be 1) Will CJ be traded? 2a) Will Powell opt out? 2b) will he re-sign with Portland? 3) Will Jones opt out? 4) Will Nurkic be traded 5) Will Olshey trade a 1st round pick before training camp? 6) Will Olshey give Zach too much money for too many years? 7) Will the Blazers sign a player with the tax-MLE? 8) which WC teams will be higher seeded than Portland by next year's playoffs? 9) Will Meyers Leonard play in the NBA next season?
1) no 2a) yes 2b) no (see answer 1) 3) no (too much money to leave on table) 4) no 5) yes 6) yes 7) no 8) Jazz, Suns, Nuggets, Clippers, Warriors, Lakers, Mavs 9) no
I one of the biggest questions facing management imo, is since Dames only got a few years left on contract and soon to be 31, and the most valuable asset the team has, should they trade him and start over? I wouldn't unless he makes it privately known he'd like to move on after his contract is up and they could work out something good for both.
1 - yes 2 - a) yes b) yes 3 - no 4 - yes 5 - yes 6 - no 7 - yes 8 - Utah, Suns, Nuggs, Clippers, Lakers 9 - yes
1) Unfortunately no 2) Yes, but will not resign 3) No 4) No 5) No 6) Yes 7) Yes 8) TBD - will depend on off seasons transactions 9) Yes