The Portland Trail Blazers swung and missed at the trade deadline, failing to come up with a big deal that would have placed the team in a position to win more.
The Blazers did make a small swap, sending injured big man Duop Reath to the Atlanta Hawks for 3-point specialist Vít Krejčí, but new owner Tom Dundon talked about general manager Joe Cronin nearly pulling off a big deal at the trade deadline in a recent press conference announcing the official $4.25 billion sale of the team to his ownership group.
“We’ve tried to get this message through the last couple of days that that was fun, and probably necessary, but it’s more fun to win,” Dundon said. “It’s more fun to do the things that lead to success and hopefully we’ll start creating more habits, that those processes lead to the kind of winning that I expect, and I think everybody expects.”
Here is a deeper dive into the trade that failed to come into fruition and how it is affecting the Blazers moving forward in their quest to make the playoffs.
Blazers Were a Bridesmaid at NBA Trade Deadline