The Portland Trail Blazers still have to make a move to reach the roster minimum entering the 2025-26 season. But as currently constructed, it's clear the Blazers will be overly reliant on Deni Avdija as their offensive initiator.
Portland's offense was lackluster last season, ranking 22nd in both points per game (110.9) and offensive rating (111.0). Two issues that caused that were their lack of three-point shooting and playmaking, areas that will only worsen after swapping Anfernee Simons for Jrue Holiday.
In a sense, the offensive downgrade from that trade was a bet on their up-and-coming backcourt of Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe to pick up the pieces.