Portland Trail Blazers: Complete grades for the 2019 NBA offseason
By Finn Carlson
The Portland Trail Blazers endured numerous changes this NBA offseason. Below is a list of complete grades for all of their 2019 offseason moves.
The 2019 offseason has been a tumultuous one for fans of the Portland Trail Blazers. The team has undergone significant changes in the form of trades, free-agent signings and more.
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With the departures of Maurice Harkless, Al-Farouq Aminu, Meyers Leonard, Enes Kanter, Evan Turner, Seth Curry, and Jake Layman, there were significant holes left in Portland’s roster.
Including the injury to Jusuf Nurkic, there were plenty of serious question marks going into the 2019-20 season.
This article will look into the moves made by the Blazers this offseason and give them a letter grade. This ranges from trades and free agent signings to players that were re-signed and even drafted.
Some determining factors for grades are probability for success, cost to the organization, potential for the future, immediate impact, and needs for the roster.
Even after a Western Conference Finals appearance, the Portland Trail Blazers organization saw that they could improve even more through upgrades at certain positions. They even let some players leave and gave younger players room to mature with a more prominent role on the team.
While the core of Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic remains intact, the rest of the roster underwent sweeping changes.
Here is the full analysis of every 2019 offseason move done by the Blazers.