You're right... It just takes a little research to find out that I'm correct. https://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/cap/_/year/2024 15 players under contract... https://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/cap/_/year/2023 (15 players under contract) https://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/cap/_/year/2022 (15 players under contract) https://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/cap/_/year/2021 (15 players under contract) https://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/cap/_/year/2020 (14 players under contract) This was the shortened covid season & the last season where we carried 14 players through the majority of the season. https://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/cap/_/year/2019 (15 players under contract) https://www.spotrac.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/cap/_/year/2018 (15 players under contract) So Portland rarely caries 14 players on the roster throughout the season.... I may have been wrong on which season we last carried 14 players -> but the point remains that carrying 15 guys is the norm.
On a positive note it's not Keljin Blevins who went from Calgary Canadian hoops to playing in Indonesia last season....Lamar Hurd said, see you soon to him a few days ago...people were starting to worry but maybe he'll be a Remix allstar in the future....I'd take BW over KB for that 15 spot.
JoeCro is systematically removing the minus defenders from the team. It's not a coincidence that Ant, Ayton, and Banton were removed.
1. you literally said 5 years. 2. You’re counting two ways they converted into full time during the season, like duop 3. Spotrac only shows the end of the season contracts. You’ll see traded players like in 21-22 3. 22-23 had 14 throughout the year until they signed jeenathan Williams at the end, which you included it’s not really that hard to find that the blazers usually carry 14 going into the season. They literally talk about liking the flexibility of having 14 for trades all the time, when usually it’s just a cover for saving money
taken from above in 2022-23 he was 14th on the Spurs in defensive rating and 15th in DBPM in 2023-24 he was 13th on the Spurs in defensive rating and 6th in DBPM last season he was 8th on the Spurs in defensive rating and 7th in DBPM
I admitted that I didn't remember carrying 14 players through the 2020 season. So instead of 5-seasons in a row, I should have said 6 of the last 7. It could be more, but I'm not going to investigate it further. The response I was replaying to said, "We never carry 15 players"... which is obviously false. If it's not hard to find that Blazers usually carry 14 going into the season (which was not the conditions of the discussion) -> then please provide the evidence of that.
I thought we signed the guy who was trying to take over the town in "Roadhouse," the one Patrick Swayze was fighting to stop. But then I remembered his first name wasn't Blake.
Literally gave you it above. Here is the first season where CJ was gone: https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Portland-Trail-Blazers/24/Rosters/Opening_Day/2023 Sarr was a 2-way Here is the season where CJ became gone: https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Portland-Trail-Blazers/24/Rosters/Opening_Day/2022 Watford and Blevins were 2 ways Here is 2024: https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Portland-Trail-Blazers/24/Rosters/Opening_Day/2024 Mays and Minaya were two ways. Ish Wainright was picked up right before the season began on waivers (During preseason I believe). Last year was the first year in awhile where they've meant to carry 15 into the season. I think they carried 14 into camp last year as well, but had Dalano Banton and Devonte Graham fighting for the last spot.
Here was his draft profile from one source; they really liked his athleticism Draft Notes Blake Wesley is a star in the making. He wasn’t the most heralded recruit coming out of high school but is having a big impact at Notre Dame and looking the part of a future NBA draft pick with lottery potential. Wesley has great size and a NBA worthy frame. He’s agile, quick and has the ability to penetrate into the lane, using his great burst and solid ball handling abilities. He’s got a nice in-between game and nice touch in the lane and from mid range. Wesley has room for improvement as a playmaker/facilitator. Right now he’s wired to score the ball – and does so at a high level. He also has a lot of work to do as a shooter and it is likely going to take him a few years before he becomes much of a 3pt threat the next level. Although his game is raw and unrefined it’s incredibly rare to find an athlete of his caliber who has the ability to take over a game with his blow-by speed and ability to penetrate. Even by NBA standards he’s an elite athlete.
Tankathon did not like him at all coming out of college. Only pluses were age and wingspan. he had 42 red dots! https://www.tankathon.com/players/blake-wesley
