PORTLAND -- The NBA trade deadline, which expired Thursday at noon, might have been the last chance this season for the Trail Blazers to make big changes, but the work of reshaping their roster is far from over.
Sure, the Trail Blazers got three trades off before the deadline, but those moves were just the first step in what could very well be an extended retooling. The now-previous roster had their moments, punctuated by making the Western Conference Finals in 2019, but after two-straight first-round exits and getting the 2021-22 season off to a poor start, the time had come to go a different direction.