The Portland Trail Blazers enter the 2023-24 season with championship expectations lying somewhere near the bottom of the Willamette River. While this transitional roster won’t deliver many wins, it will give the franchise’s rookie-scale contracted players a chance to shine.
Once Damian Lillard departs, and assuming returning players aren’t of a veteran vintage, Jerami Grant, Jusuf Nurkic and Matisse Thybulle will be the franchise’s elder statesmen. The rest are currently aged 24 or younger.
The lights will be focused squarely on Scoot Henderson, Anfernee Simons, and Shaedon Sharpe. But is there another Baby Blazer primed to take advantage of this new opportunity?