Portland Trail Blazers
2019-20Which players deserved investigation for the Portland Trail Blazers’ problems in 2019-20?
Jul 6, 2019 — Neil Olshey
The decision this board surrounds ultimately brought in Hassan Whiteside. Later outcomes never rewrite the board.POR on 2019-07-06: the listed basketball needs were event creation, creation, rim pressure. no source-clocked open candidate route was available. 0 open-market candidate(s) matched at least one listed need. Market access, basketball fit, price, salary route, and legality remain separate.
D'Angelo Russellcap charge $27.3MWhy is he here?
D'Angelo Russell: the reported route for D'Angelo Russell was rejected, expired, agreed elsewhere, or otherwise not open. His prior basketball profile addressed one listed need: creation. The salary screen was available, but contract-control evidence was unavailable. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.
minimum outgoing salary screen only; post-trade team salary, guarantees, bonuses, aggregation timing, exceptions and complete package remain required for legality
prior-season impact context: -0.2 per 100 (O 0.2 / D -0.4) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.
T.J. Warrencap charge $11.1MWhy is he here?
T.J. Warren: the reported route for T.J. Warren was rejected, expired, agreed elsewhere, or otherwise not open. His prior basketball profile addressed one listed need: event_creation. The salary screen was available, but contract-control evidence was unavailable. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.
minimum outgoing salary screen only; post-trade team salary, guarantees, bonuses, aggregation timing, exceptions and complete package remain required for legality
prior-season impact context: -0.6 per 100 (O 0.1 / D -0.7) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.
Historical decision board. A public-market player is not presented as a team target without a named team link. Minimum outgoing salary is not exact legality. Missing asking price is not a zero price. Later outcomes do not alter the decision-date board.