Your 2018/19 Portland Trailblazers

I think Bazzle is gone. WB4 earned himself a job (and a vet-min guaranteed 2018-19 contract).

I still think we just need to understand that Meyers is a sunk cost and not do something dumb like give up 9 years of player control and 4yrs of rookie deal just to dump 10M/yr of salary. That's one of the reasons I'd love a Covington+10 deal...you get a solid replacement (charitably, 85% CJ?), and an extra pick to build the "cheap" pipeline back up, as you're stuck paying big-money players for a couple of years more.

Nurk played himself out of a max, but Stotts not going to him more in the late-season/post-season probably saved PA some $. I don't know that there's any way we let him go, though. Our D was markedly improved with him/Zach/Ed.

Try to re-sign Ed for MLE-ish. I believe Layman is non-guaranteed for 3rd-yr vet min and may or may not be back? Same with Patty C, who is RFA. The scrub you know vs ...?

I might explore what Chief can bring a) coming off of a decent season, b) visions of draining playoff 3's going through people's heads, c) expiring contract, d) may pick up some All-Defensive team votes. It may not be a ton, but I think that with Z-Co coming into his own that having both Chief and Moe is a luxury, and Chief probably brings back better goodies. Nurk/Zach/Ed should soak up the majority of the 96 4/5 minutes next year, with whoever's left of Chief and Moe covering down on the rest and Biggie, Meyers & PapaG for emergency/garbage time.

I don't think we'll get much for ET, but obviously he's on the block. Don't do something dumb like take on long-term salary to get rid of him, because he's at least useful.

Dame/WB4
CJ (or ET if we get another wing?)/Pat (if on a BAE-esque deal?)/Wilcox (2-way)
Moe/ET
Zach/Ed/Swanigan
Nurk/Leonard/PapaG

-12.9M Trade Exception.
-#24 pick (might be worth looking at whoever of the Shamet/Grayson/DiVincenzo SG triumvirate BlazersBrass likes better)
-taxpayer MLE (In a dreamworld this would be Wild Will, but he's played himself to double that, probably. I'd love to do an S&T using our exception, but there are some shenanigans involved with that --not going over the apron, probably need to do it first while we have lower cap holds on others, etc.)

Gone: Chief/Mo/Both, Layman, Shabazz