Portland Trail Blazers: 3 reasons signing Nik Stauskas was a bad move

The Portland Trail Blazers went into this offseason looking to improve their roster for the next season. One of the moves they made was adding a guard, Nik Stauskas.

In the early starting hours of free agency it was reported by ESPN‘s Adrian Wojnarowski that former Portland Trail Blazers big Ed Davis had agreed to a contract to join the Brooklyn Nets. Davis was a fan favorite and one of the most liked guys in the Portland locker room. A few hours later, the Blazers agreed to sign shooting guard Nik Stauskas to a one-year, minimum contract.

Last season, he played a total of 41 games for the Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers. In those 41 games, Stauskas averaged 4.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, 1.0 assists in 12.8 minutes per game while shooting 40.4 percent from the 3-point line and 39.3 percent from the field.

At 6’6” 205 pounds, Stauskas played two years of college basketball at Michigan University, including winning the Big Ten player of the year award in his sophomore season before declaring for the draft. He then was selected eighth overall by the Sacramento Kings in 2014.

The Blazers needed to improve their roster around Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum in hopes of making it to the second round of the playoffs. Adding Stauskas does not make this Blazers team any better, and it was surprising to see him and the franchise reach an agreement so fast.

The Portland front office in recent years has liked to take chances on guys who were high draft picks by other teams but never worked on — guys like Al-Farouq Aminu, Shabazz Napier, Maurice Harkless, Evan Turner and Wade Baldwin IV.

By adding Stauskas, it appears this Portland front office is still searching for those diamond in the rough type players to have a breakout season in Portland. Here are three reasons this move was a bad one for the Blazers.