Gary Trent Jr is the future of this Portland Trail Blazers team. This isn’t just in relation to his on court play, Trent is a model professional in the locker room and on the court. He is tough, resilient, and most of all, he plays a position of utmost need in the NBA. The wing.
To a casual NBA fan, Trent’s 8 points a game probably don’t seem anything special. But for the Blazers fans and the trained eye, it has been an impressive rise.
Trent went from not being in the rotation at all, to being a starter and maybe even the third or fourth most important player on the court.