POR does not have a bona fide number 1 guy. Nobody that is unstoppable. They rank very poorly in offense and were so so overall on defense. They aren’t stacked at any position. Scoot, Shae, Grant, Ayton, DC, are all average nba players. POR doesn’t have a guy that can take over a game. That is the problem. Zion, Luka, Steph, AntE, Wemby etc can all take over a game when the chips are down. On paper POR should be better than UTA and NOP. Thats it in the west, but he season hasn’t started. SAC is ???, GSW is always good. MEM is a question mark too.
They could lighten the load at center and the PF position always has been an issue but we have Grant and he is good defensively and offensively. He guards multiple positions and is a willing passer. I personally don’t want to get rid of Grant unless they get a better option at the PF position.
Reath is an end of bencher on a good team. Rw3 is always injured and unreliable. Ayton is somewhat injury prone. If the bottleneck at C is the biggest point of contention, then i do not see what all the hate is about for Cronin at all. This is Portland. We need 3 serviceable centers at all times in my opinion.
Duop to me is a guy who can backup the 4 position with his shooting and speed. He’s also played with Yang in China so those two off the bench twin towers would be fun to watch. looks to me like a hell of a bench mob next season
