Portland Trail Blazers executive Neil Olshey came into the offseason equipped with a $13 million Traded Player Exception from last summer’s Allen Crabbe trade and stated intentions of finding veteran players for the playoffs. The TPE ended up expiring with no rumored deals in the works, and Portland added Seth Curry and Nik Stauskas in free agency — players with a combined 0 playoff games. Olshey talked about the offseason so far with Blazers reporter Brooke Olzendam in almost a 30-minute interview.
Olzendam asked Olshey about the lack of arrival of veterans to the team this summer:
The market dictates that.