Portland Trail Blazers fans are arguably more enthused about their new reserve backcourt compared to its predecessor. Larry Nance Jr. and Cody Zeller have been solid during the team’s first two outings against the Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns.
Good thing, too, as the prodigious pair will need to address serious defensive holes left by Carmelo Anthony and Enes Kanter, halting opposition scoring when Jusuf Nurkic and Robert Covington sit.
Great, the Blazers appear competent at the power forward and centre positions, but are they deep?
Short answer, no.
Once we get beyond Nurkic, Covington, Nance Jr.