Friday morning the Portlan Trail Blazers made the move they’ve been trying to make for weeks - adding a big bodied wing-type that has the ability to raise the floor of the team, but perhaps not the ceiling— swinging Derrick Jones Jr and a heavily protected 1st round pick to the Chicago Bulls in a 3-team deal that also sent Lauri Markkanen to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and netted the Blazers Larry Nance Jr.
Host Danny Marang takes a look at the in’s and out’s of the trade - what does this do for Portland- is their position in the West really improved? Where will Nance fit in? Was an additional 1st round pick too much to give up in this trade? What does Nance Jr DO to help the Blazers?
When it’s all said an done - what other move will the Blazers make to fill the 14th roster spot and what grade would you give President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey for his offseason work?
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