The Portland Trail Blazers’ offseason has received mixed reactions from NBA writers. Yahoo Sports’ Ben Rohrbach has weighed in on the matter, giving the Blazers a C grade after bringing in Jrue Holiday, Yang Hansen and Damian Lillard.
Rohrbach calls the moves strange, writing:
The willingness to trade 26-year-old Anfernee Simons for 35-year-old Jrue Holiday, who has two additional years and a lot more money left on his contract, is a strange instinct. The Blazers must feel like they are closer to competing
ADfor a Western Conference playoff spot than most people think, or else they would not have pursued so much veteran guidance. That includes the feel-good reacquisition of Damian Lillard, whose Achilles injury will keep him from contributing at all this season.
There is hope in the form of Yang Hansen if you want to get in early on the Yang train. The Blazers are certainly riding it, taking him 16th overall in last month’s draft, far higher than anyone prognosticated.
You can read the story here. Rohrbach gives offseason grades for every team in the Western Conference.
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