Con Deandre Ayton e Donovan Clingan in the middle of the area, the Portland Trail Blazers can be left with too much Robert Williams IIIone of the players acquired in the trade in which Portland sent Jrue Holiday to the Boston Celtics a year ago.
Williams III is done playing 6 games only last season because of a Harmnot the first of his career, a broken kneecap with ligament involvement. After a failed season, the Trail Blazers came calling number 7 in the 2024 NBA draft they chose the former UConn big man Donovan Clingana two-time NCAA champion, and creates an interesting tandem under the basket with Ayton. Portland also has Australian Duop Reath and sophomore Toumani Camara on its roster, and so could explore the market for Robert Williams III.
The former Celtics big man is under contract for two more seasons until 2026 for about 25 million in total dollars, and if healthy it is a defenders content with All-NBA potential as shown in Boston between 2020 and 2022. First it is necessary to see him again on the pitch to check his condition but the space for the Blazers now seems really limited. Teams like the Los Angeles Lakers, who have difficulties in front of the basket with physical problems for Christian Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt, Houston Rockets, New Orleans Pelicans and Chicago Bulls may be interested.