Breaking Down the Trail Blazers' 2026 Offseason Contract Decisions

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Since the Trail Blazers' season ended in San Antonio last month, most of the headlines have been around ownership drama and a still-ongoing coaching search.

But general manager Joe Cronin has a roster to put together this summer, too.

The big question will be whether there's a big, splashy trade for a star, as both Cronin and new owner Tom Dundon have hinted at being on the table at this year's trade deadline. If that happens, it will probably be the week of the draft next month.

Beyond that, the Blazers have several big decisions to make on players that are either free agents or coming up on the final year of their contracts and are eligible for extensions. There are six of those players, and a few of them—Scoot Henderson and Robert Williams III in particular—are going to be pivotal to how the offseason goes.

Let's break all of those down.

Scoot Henderson

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