Which Blazers Are Here Next Year?

Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty ImagesIf he keeps his job, Portland Trail Blazers Interim General Manager Joe Cronin has a busy few months ahead of him.

As he said in his Trade Deadline press conference, cutting costs and returning flexibility by trading away Norman Powell, Robert Covington, CJ McCollum and Larry Nance Jr. was the easy part. And he was right. Having cap space is pretty useless, if you’re not using it shrewdly and with a bigger picture in mind.

The current Blazers roster is made up of injured bodies, a couple of fit veterans, rookie-scale talents, two-way contracts and fringe NBA players. Hardly the makings of a franchise ready to contend for the Larry O’Brien Trophy.

But one…