Neil Olshey

With three first-round draft picks and a ton of guaranteed contracts on the books, the Portland Trail Blazers are bound to look different next season. Anything they do, given their cap situation, must be executed via trade. But the Blazers are also unique in that they are an unfinished product with two cornerstones, Damian Lillard and [...]

Chris Kaman’s continued presence on the Portland Trail Blazers’ sideline is weird. It’s been weird. Never once has it not seemed weird. General manager Neil Olshey tore down an NBA contender after last season, trading Nicolas Batum, willingly bidding farewell to Robin Lopez and Wesley Matthews and constructing the roster around LaMarcus Aldridge’s departure before [...]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ offseason did not go as planned, and General Manager Neil Olshey knows it. Last summer, it was expected that they would retain LaMarcus Aldridge, re-sign Wesley Matthews, extend Damian Lillard and probably keep Robin Lopez, and then run it back with the same core for a few years until their title [...]