Why the Portland Trail Blazers should keep Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

3: Low risk/High reward

Hollis-Jefferson has been in the league for six seasons and is still just 26. He has started over 150 games in his career and has been to the NBA playoffs twice. During the 2017-18 season, Hollis-Jefferson averaged 13.9 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game.

He is not a good 3-point shooter, and that is his biggest weakness, but he makes up for it with energy and hustle plays on both ends of the court. Hollis-Jefferson has been around the league long enough now to know how he can impact the game.

The Blazers had to make a signing to have enough active players on the roster each game, and Hollis-Jefferson was one of the better guys available. They won’t have to pay him very much money and can move on from him whenever they want.

But maybe Hollis-Jefferson, as other guys have, can come to Portland and turn around their career. The former first-round pick has all the physical tools and has shown plenty of flashes that he has the skill to play in the NBA.

He has never played on a team this talented and won’t have any pressure to be one of the main guys on the roster. Hollis-Jefferson is still young, and if he can come in, play defense, grab rebounds and play with high energy, he has a chance to make the official roster and revitalize his career. Regardless, this is a classic low-risk, high-reward move.