Olshey: We are undersized in our back-court. We have some length on the wings but Aminu is smaller. We are loaded with shooters (really?) so we needed a physical presence. Stotts is comfortable with this type of player like what we had with Lopez. We have the youngest roster in the league and a lot of depth. We are probably closer to the team we thought we would be than where we are now. Woj: Okafor didn't get moved and you got Nurkic a week ago. Did getting that deal done early maximize your value? Olshey: When the deal is there and it's fair for both teams, you make the move. Tim and I in Denver like doing business together. As Bobby said, we don't have as much flexibility in Free Agency. Sometimes holding out for more is an opportunity cost of missing out entirely. I think Tim and I maximized the value of what we were both able to get.
Unless the curse of big men's knees on the Blazers continues then hard to see that happening this time.