The Portland Trail Blazers are considered a young team by NBA standards, yet two of their top four scorers hover around 30 years of age. Jerami Grant and Malcolm Brogdon score the second- and fourth-most points of anybody on the team. They take a corresponding number of field goal attempts and have the Usage Rate to prove it.
Though it looks fine on paper, this phenomenon is bothering one Blazer’s Edge Reader. That’s the subject of today’s mailbag.
Hi Dave,
I’m a bit baffled by what our franchise plan is at this stage.