Trail Blazers hire Mike Schmitz as assistant GM + Antonio Daniels weighs in on Portland's future

The Trail Blazers are reportedly hiring ESPN draft analyst Mike Schmitz to fill their newly vacant assistant GM position as Joe Cronin continues to build out his front office staff. We go deep on Schmitz's background from as a blogger for a Phoenix Suns fan site, to a video coordinator in the G League to a decade long career scouting draft prospects for various media outlets. It's been a fast but interesting road for the 32-year-old who now will likely take over a major scouting role for the Blazers in his first job with an NBA team. Cronin has rebuilt the front office, What does it say about his vision for the franchise and how will we know if the restructuring and new hires have the Blazers headed in the right direction? To close the show Sirius XM radio host and Pelicans broadcaster Antonio Daniels joins to talk about the future of the Blazers, Anfernee Simons' potential and his lone but memorable season in Portland in 2002-03. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices