On the latest episode of Jacked Ramsays, host Danny Marang sat down with Portland Trail Blazers General Manager Joe Cronin to discuss a host of questions and issues.

What did Cronin learn about players who can and can’t play with Damian Lillard (1:00)

Are you comfortable going forward with the Dame (Lillard) and Ant (Simons) backcourt pairing? (3:00)

How do you get a more veteran laden team when so much of your roster is so young? (5:00)

Is ownership comfortable paying the luxury tax for a team that can compete? (7:20)

Has there been any movement on a potential G-League team for the Trail Blazers? (8:10)

Have the Sacramento Kings set a kind of framework for competitiveness level to follow? (9:20)

Is there one thing that’s front of mind - the one functional thing that you want to improve most with this roster? (12:40)

How confident are you that you can put a top-4/5 seed in the West next year? (13:50)

What are/were the pros and cons you’ve noticed taking the job via promotion within the team vs coming in fresh to the team entirely? (14:40)

Have you decided who you’re sending to the Draft Lottery as the team representative? (16:45)

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