Hasheem Thabeet News

After a truly head-scratching season for the Portland Trail Blazers where they appeared to be a lower seeded playoff team, they shifted the tides by trading Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby, bottoming out for a draft pick in the process.

We continue the 2012 You be the GM feature with a look at the Portland Trail Blazers front office, starting with interim general manager Chad Buchanan .

Bill Simmons of pop culture and sports website Grantland.com -- also known as "The Sports Guy" -- wonders how the Memphis Grizzlies should react to their early exit from the playoffs.

With the second round series' of the NBA playoffs quickly marching on, teams like the Portland Trail Blazers have been temporarily placed on the back burner.

As the 2012 NBA Playoffs continue, Portland fans have once again been relegated to the sidelines, forced to ponder what went wrong and what, if anything, can be done to fix it.

Despite all of the hype he has received throughout his career, that is definitely a possibility based off of what we have seen in college.

Position: C Height/Weight: 7-3/263 NBA experience: Three seasons 2011-12 salary: $5,127,720 Contract status: Hasheem Thabeet is in the final year of his rookie contract; he will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. 2011-12 regular season: The Portland Trail Blazers acquired center Hasheem Thabeet from the Houston Rockets, along with Jonny ... (more)

Position: PG Height/Weight: 6-0/185 NBA experience: Three seasons 2011-12 salary: $3,414,720 Contract status: Flynn is in the final year of his rookie contract.

With major roster changes, injuries, setbacks and endless inconsistencies with on-court performance, Portland dropped from a team with high expectations and playoff promise to one begging to be broken apart.