In breaking down the key moves of the offseason for each NBA team, Frank Urbina and Alberto de Roa of HoopysHype ranked the Portland Trail Blazers’ offseason seventh among all teams, giving them an A- for their moves.
HoopsHype was most impressed with Portland acquiring solid players on the wing to fill the positional void, getting Robert Covington via trade and Derrick Jones Jr. through free agency. They also noted that re-signing Carmelo Anthony and Rodney Hood was smart for adding depth, but Covington and Jones were who they thought were the best finds.
Portland was able to fill their biggest need – competent, athletic, 3-and-D pieces on the wing – by pulling off a heist of a trade in acquiring Covington from the Houston Rockets and only losing a 2021 first-round pick (top-14 protected), the No.