Episode 8

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25th Jan 2024

Portland’s Rebuild

You are listening to the Art of Building Championship podcast with your host(s) Ethan Peck.

In this episode of the Art of Building Championship Podcast, we discuss The Portland trailblazers and their rebuild.

Segment 1: A fresh start

The Portland Blazers this offseason decided it was their time to start their rebuild by getting the second overall pick and trading away their best player Damien Lillard for Jrue holiday and picks. The Blazers then proceeded to trade away Holiday to the Celtics for Malcokm Brodgan Robert WIlliams and future picks.

Segment 2: The draft.

The Blazers with the #2 overall pick decided to select Scoot Henderson of ou the G league Ignite. Henderson has not been everything Portland has expected to start the season as he is struggling greatly from the 3-point line. The Blazers hope that this is just rookie slums as Henderson has shown some potential, but it hasn’t looked great. The Blazers also hope that thier young guards Simmons and Sharp can take another step moving forward becoming all starts in the future.

Segment 3: The final touches on their rebuild

The Blazers also decided that they wanted more size and they traded away their center Nurkic for Deandre Ayton to try to get younger and maybe give the 1 option to Ayton to see what he is made of or for future trade value The Blazers are now I a great spot for a rebuild they have all of their pieces they need to get trade pieces when their young players start to shine.

Music Credits: Read All Over- Nathan Moore, Dream of River Ganga-Hanu Dixit.

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Building Champions
The Art of Basketball General Management
A day as a general manger in the NBA, see how to run a NBA team. In this podcast i will be talking about the teams that have succeeded in the NBA and teams that have failed in it. I want to go in depth about why these team were successful or why they weren't. I think the general manger is very overlooked and one of the most important thing when it comes to basketball. I want to explain general mangers mistakes and how they could've done better to change there situation.

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