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 for a Western Conference playoff spot than most people think, or else they would not have pursued so much veteran guidance.