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Blazers Promote Joe Cronin to General Manager

The Portland Trail Blazers have removed the interim tag from Joe Cronin and have promoted him to be the team’s full-time general manager, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

ESPN Sources: The Portland Trail Blazers are promoting Joe Cronin to general manager with a four-year contract. Cronin, interim GM since December, takes over franchise at a pivotal offseason and has vowed to continue building around Damian Lillard.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 10, 2022

Cronin became the interim general manager back in December when his predecessor Neil Olshey was fired after an investigation into creating a toxic work environment.