Issues about Tom Dundon’s cost-cutting method since turning into the proprietor of the Portland Path Blazers proceed to floor.
In a subscriber-only report, Sean Highkin of Rose Backyard Report famous that Portland selected to not convey its two-way gamers, Caleb Love, Chris Youngblood, and Jayson Kent, to San Antonio for the opening two video games of its first-round playoff sequence.
Though two-way gamers are ineligible to take part in postseason video games, groups usually nonetheless embrace them on highway journeys.
Highkin spoke with sources from the opposite seven touring playoff groups over the weekend and located that each one of them introduced their two-way gamers alongside, even when they remained in avenue garments.
He described Portland’s determination as “properly exterior of ordinary apply” throughout the league.
Highkin added that the transfer was “notably insulting” for Love, a rookie guard who delivered a number of high-scoring performances throughout December and January whereas the staff handled accidents within the backcourt.
He additionally identified that Love, together with Sidy Cissoko, who earned a regular contract in February after reaching his 50-game restrict, performed key roles in serving to Portland keep afloat throughout that stretch and finally attain the postseason.
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