Larry Nance Jr.’s addition to the Portland Trail Blazers has elicited universal approval across the fanbase and the rest of the league The 28-year-old is a legitimate sixth man for a Portland team needing contribution from an inexperienced/injury-prone second unit.
But could he be more than that?
Portland President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey has made it clear that Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Norman Powell, Robert Covington, and Jusuf Nurkic are the starting lineup moving forward.
But things can change during the marathon that is an 82-game NBA season and while Covington might currently be the anointed starting power forward, Nance Jr.