The Portland Trail Blazers have not had a busy offseason, and that has triggered critics to say something.
CBS Sports writer Sam Quinn graded each team’s offseason and gave the Blazers a “C” for their efforts.
The Deni Avdija trade was deceptively valuable. Portland badly needed perimeter defense, and having a bit of spare playmaking lying around rarely hurts. Avdija just had a breakout season for the Wizards and is just starting an ultra-valuable four-year, $55 million rookie extension. He’s still young enough to be a core piece here. This is the sort of veteran the Blazers should be targeting: relatively young ones on cheap contracts.