As the dust settles from the busier stages of the NBA offseason, media outlets are dropping their summer report cards for teams around the Association. While the majority of fans around town and in the comment sections here seem thrilled with the Portland Trail Blazers’ work lately, those in the national media appear less keen on the developments in Rip City.
After Yahoo Sports’ Ben Rohrbach gave the Blazers’ offseason a C grade recently, ESPN’s Kevin Pelton took out the red ink pen and gave Portland’s offseason the same letter grade on Monday. While the Blazers moved off of veterans Anfernee Simons and Deandre Ayton this offseason, Pelton would’ve liked Portland to also send 31-year-old forward Jerami Grant to a new team.