The Trail Blazers’ current 13-game winning streak has moved the team from a Western Conference afterthought to a team that is primed to make some noise in the postseason. President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey explained Portland’s turnaround by giving a considerable amount of credit to coach Terry Stotts’ ability to unearth a consistent rotation of contributing players.
Olshey said the following comments to Yahoo Sports’ Chris Mannix about Stotts’ work with the roster:
“Not to trifle, but we made lemonade a little bit in that we weren’t playing well anyway, so there was no downside to experimenting and seeing individually who was going to outperform the other guys in the roster,” Olshey said.