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3 buyout candidates for the Portland Trail Blazers to monitor

Buyout candidate Tristan Thompson, Jusuf Nurkic, Cleveland Cavaliers, Jusuf Nurkic (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)

The Portland Trail Blazers currently have 13 players signed on for next season, allowing them two remaining slots for minimum contracts. Portland is at least eight-deep as stands, with Anfernee Simons, Cody Zeller, and newly acquired Larry Nance Jr. all but guaranteed to receive significant playing time. The Blazers have the luxury to form two complete five-man units if they allot minutes to two players out of Tony Snell, Nassir Little, and Ben McLemore.

Even with a 10-deep rotation and the instrumental addition of Nance Jr.