2023-24 Roster. Who stays? Who goes?

I can totally envision Reath coming off the bench in the 80's for the Celtics. Definitely old school vibe.
He's the 35 y.o. guy that shows up to open gym with dual sweatbands, a headband and a couple knee braces that you pray doesn't get on your team. Then he does and he goes out and can't be stopped because of his sharp elbows and old school back-to-the-basket moves.

 

The “Lloyd Neal” of 76-77 Blazers!

 

I would like to introduce you all to the newest meme account.

 

My guess:
"Ish, you've been cut."
<wait that goes on seeming forever with your career in the balance>
"Ish, you've been picked up by the Blazers."

 

Sounds as if Monty Williams really loved him.

 

I read Mike Schmidt coached him for a couple years and is the biggest reason we picked him up. He's built like Justise Winslow..hopefully he's a healthy version of Justise...he's Grant age and a year younger than Brogdan so it's another vet that you can plug and play.

 

I can't say I know a lot about him, but between his wide body and his physical style/hustle.... he fills a need.
There are players we just didn't match up well with before. He should help in those cases. I am not saying he cracks the 9 man rotation but he sounds like
a good guy to have on our bench.

 

He's another 6'5 guy where as Knox was a legit 6'8". I just dont see where he will be more effective than a guy like Knox.

 

I liked Knox but 250 is different than 215 against bigger forwards. We need someone other than a center who is willing to get physical. We have other players like Knox, we don't have anyone else like Ish. But then I have not seen him play much so he could suck for all I know

 

Just because someone is taller (Knox), does not mean they can play basketball better.

From creating a winning environment, Wainwright >>> Knox.

Wainwright is not a great player, but he works damn hard and sets the tone for the team.

Knox has much better physical attributes, but lacks the mentality to be better than an average G-League player.

 

Ish is damn near a clone of Tisse as far as strengths and attributes. I look at him as a little bit Tisse and a little bit Josh Hart. One thing this team has needed for a long time is defense and toughness, supposedly his strengths. If he can continue to improve his 3pt shooting, he is a perfect 3 & D wing on a super cheap contract.
Plus, if he was able to earn a contract last year with Phoenix, in the early stage of his career (remember that he played football at Baylor and then some professionally somewhere), I think he at least would be able to make the roster here. Knox has had plenty of opportunities and hasn't really made much of a mark in his career.

 

So is our roster finalized officially? I have yet to see it announced or any article write up. Today is deadline

 

And I thought the Blazers roster was finalized for opening night. Big move -





The Blazers had to waive Ibou Badji to make room.

 

Not too big of a surprise here -

 

Id prefer reath over brown but oh well

 

Good move - Badji was a complete waste of space. Reath is better able to fill in if we need a couple minutes now or provide leadership as a 27 year old veteran.

We are doing a better job of filling out this roster with vets than initially projected. 29 year old Wainwright is our second oldest player.

Simons is in his 6th year. Ayton, Thybulle, Brogdon, Grant, Reath, Wainright, Moses Brown is in his 5th season.

Super glad to have all these vets. We can run with experienced lineups so only Scoot and Sharpe are out there learning.

There will eventually be plenty of times to play Camara and other youth throughout a long season. It's nice we arent forced to do it every night or to start the year.

 

And we're only 8 games into the season -





I'm curious what Billups will do with Sharpe when Scoot and Simons are healthy.

 

He's probably injured by then so let's cross the bridge when we get there

 

Here's a look at the current roster -



I'm guessing Mays and Ish were cut for cost savings purposes (contracts become guaranteed Jan 10), and to open up some roster spots to make room for any lopsided trades.

Are more young assets coming Portland's way?

 

Non-guaranteed contracts become fully guaranteed for the rest of the season Jan 10, but they need to be waived by Jan 7 to get cleared by that date.