Deandre Ayton simply completed his first yr enjoying for the Portland Path Blazers.
After spending the primary 5 seasons of his profession with the Phoenix Suns, he was traded to Portland halfway by the 2023 offseason.
That mentioned, the Path Blazers completed final yr ranked fifteenth within the Western Convention with a 21-61 report.
On Monday, Ayton met with journalists at media day and made a daring assertion.
Ayton: “I do not take dropping calmly in any respect. Our objective is to win the video games, win collectively and win the fitting approach. Not the whole lot will look good, however I do know for positive that “Our staff goes to show heads, and competing is one thing we’ll do each night time.”
Ayton completed final season averaging 16.7 factors, 11.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals per recreation whereas taking pictures 57.0 % from the sector in 55 video games.
At simply 26 years previous, he’s nonetheless within the prime of his profession, so it’s doable that Ayton will proceed to enhance over the following few seasons.
Ayton was the primary total choose within the 2018 NBA Draft (out of Arizona).
He was chosen forward of Luka Doncic, Trae Younger and Jaren Jackson Jr.
His profession averages are 16.7 factors, 10.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 blocks per recreation whereas taking pictures 59.2% from the sector in 358 video games.
YEAR 7 🎰 pic.twitter.com/T6iWSXHUb6
– Deandre Ayton (@DeandreAyton) October 3, 2024
The Path Blazers will play their first recreation of the season after they host the Golden State Warriors on October 23.
