The Portland Trail Blazers will enter the 2025 regular season with major changes to the roster. If they hope to improve on their 36-victory mark from last year they’re going to have to find new and interesting combinations, first in the starting lineup then in major bench roles.

What that might look like forms the core of today’s Blazer’s Edge Mailbag question.

Hello Dave,

We all know about the additions and subtractions this summer. With Jrue and Yang in place now and Anfernee Simons not clogging up so many minutes what do you think is the actual starting lineup? If you also get a feeling about other major players I’d like to hear it but I want to know who starts.

Gremlin

I’m not sure if your mom named you after a car or if I shouldn’t feed you after midnight, but I’ll take a shot.

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