While no one was happy with how the 2021-22 season played out for the Trail Blazers, at least it’s over. Portland scuffled through the first half of the season due in large part to injuries and then full on struggled in the second half after executing trades to improve the team in the future at the expense of the present. It might have been the best approach for the long term prospect of the organization, but it still didn’t sit especially well with leadership nor the players.
“I still feel uncomfortable about it,” said interim general manager Joe Cronin of the end to Portland’s season, which saw the team win just twice in their last 22 games.