The Portland Trail Blazers’ starting lineup ranks just 25th of 30 NBA teams, according to Ben Rohrbach of Yahoo! Sports. Rohrbach, who has been with Yahoo! for over a decade, isn’t confident that Portland’s starters stack up against the rest of the league. He has the following as the Blazers’ projected starting lineup, with the individual player ranking given their pecking order in parentheses:
No. 1 option: Deni Avdija (28)
No. 2 option: Shaedon Sharpe (25)
No. 3 option: Jrue Holiday (15)
No. 4 option: Toumani Camara (21)
No. 5 option: Donovan Clingan (18)
According to this list, Jerami Grant is not starting, which… let’s just say remains to be seen.
Also according to this list, Deni Avdija is the Blazers’ best player, which tracks given what he showed in the second half of last se