Portland Trail Blazers: 2016 Offseason Grades

After a summer spending spree to keep its young and surprisingly good core intact, here are the Portland Trail Blazers’ complete 2016 offseason grades.

The Portland Trail Blazers were the surprise team of the 2015-16 NBA season, and after a summer of mass spending to keep their young core intact, it appears that general manager Neil Olshey is fully buying into his squad’s potential.

Though Rip City only won 44 games last season, that was a great deal higher than most pundits expected from a team that, on paper, seemed far more likely to tank than to make it all the way to the second round of the playoffs.

And yet, with the Western Conference slacking near the bottom of the playoff field and the Blazers’ first round opponent being decimated by injuries, that’s exactly what happened. The question was whether Portland could build upon that startling success, and how.

It was a bit of a mixed bag for Olshey this time around, but there was one common trend with the Blazers’ summer: going all in on this current core. Here’s a look at Portland’s complete 2016 offseason grades.

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