A last-ditch effort for the playoffs? The Trail Blazers make multiple lineup adjustments in a row!
The Portland Trail Blazers, currently ranked 10th in the West, have made several lineup changes in a row. They first laid off Dennis Smith Jr., and then they officially regularized him by offering a four-year "child labor" contract to Trendon Watford, a rookie who had previously held a two-way contract. They then used the two-way contract space vacated after the regularisation of Watford to sign Brandon Williams, the lost draft who had played briefly for the team this season. In the end, they signed drew Eubanks, an interior player who was cut by the Raptors after being traded by the Spurs to the Raptors before the trade deadline.
The Blazers' layoff of Dennis Smith was somewhat surprising, as it was widely thought that the Blazers would lay off joe Ingles, a former Jazz forward who had just been traded to the team, after all, he had already established a season reimbursement for a torn cruciate ligament, and his contract would expire at the end of the season. But as it stands, the team seems to be hoping to use Ingles' bird rights to make a bit of a fuss on this summer's trading market, so it didn't choose to cut him.
Dennis Smith, who has been in the team's regular rotation lineup until the trade deadline, has made a total of 37 appearances for the team this season, averaging 5.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 17.2 minutes per game, but shooting only 41.8% from the field and shooting as low as 22.2% of the hot eyes. Although it was a high-ranking lottery show that had attracted much attention, Smith's development in the league was extremely unsatisfactory, and now it has been reduced to the brink of being eliminated by the league. It can only be said that the impact of not shooting in this day and age is too great for a defender.
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