Despite acquiring Hassan Whiteside via trade and signing Pau Gasol this offseason, the Trail Blazers have been a bit short on bigs through the first week of training camp.
Between Whiteside nursing a sprained left ankle, Gasol still rehabilitating the foot he underwent surgery to repair in April, Zach Collins injuring his middle finger during one of the team's first practices and Jusuf Nurkic's absence, the Trail Blazers have only had Skal Labissiere and Moses Brown, an undrafted rookie on a training camp contract, available at center for the better part of training camp thus far.
But after making due in the intra-squad scrimmage at Fan Fest with only a few big bodies available, the Trail Blazers should have more help in the middle in their preseason opener Tuesday night at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, as neither Whiteside nor Collins are listed on the injury list.