Portland Trail Blazers General Manager Joe Cronin was ranked first and third by Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux respectively in the Dunc’d On Podcast’s Not Executive of the Year awards (subscription required).
Neither Duncan nor Leroux give Cronin high marks for the work he’s done with Portland’s roster this season, particularly because Portland’s veteran players - Jerami Grant and Anfernee Simons specifically - have not yet been traded. Conversation starts at 12:00:
Leroux: Cronin’s biggest sin is not a move that they did make, it’s a move that they didn’t make in not moving Jerami Grant.