The Trail Blazers have had a relatively quiet offseason in 2018, and that is largely due to a payroll that is bursting at the seams. Portland wasn’t alone this summer in that regard, as the market for free agents dried up quickly. Player movement around the NBA is on the verge of slowing to a crawl, but offseason questions still remain.
Rohan Nadkarni of Sports Illustrated covered the the issues attached to the less-than-ideal contracts that several teams possess in a post earlier this week, and the Blazers’ lack of flexibility took center stage.