The Portland Trail Blazers have …

The Portland Trail Blazers have completed the two-way transfers of center Moses Brown and forward Jaylen Hoard to the Texas Legends, it was announced today by president of basketball operations Neil Olshey. In two appearances with the Trail Blazers this season, Brown has recorded three rebounds in five total minutes. Hoard has appeared in one game for Portland, recording one rebound in one minute.

However, they had to do something. For …

However, they had to do something. For now, they’ll try Melo, but his non-guaranteed contract gives Portland the flexibility to try something else at the snap of a finger. If he doesn’t work they’ll try calling somebody up from the G League (some plausible names: Jarrod Uthoff, Marcus Derrickson, and Dedric Lawson), or turn to another veteran chilling on his couch (Dante Cunningham and Lance Thomas are waiting by their phones, among others), or work the angles for a low-stakes trade.