Portland Trail Blazers trade rumors update 2016: Vonleh ready to prove worth in deep club

With each team striving to grow stronger each season, the Portland Trail Blazers have the very same goal.

Despite being a team that was written off before the start of last season, now it appears that the Blazers have a group that is poised for greatness in the near future.

The team has a proud and hardworking leader in Damian Lillard and a great partner in CJ McCollum, but the Blazers are more than just the two, and while that is a good idea, it may also present some issues.

According to Blazers Edge, the depth of the Blazers may be a two-edged sword. On one hand, it gives coach Terry Stotts a problem of allocating minutes for his players, and on the other, the fluctuation of minutes can lead to usually benched players showing off their potential and significance on the court.

Looking at the numbers on the article, Lillard and McCollum share a lot of minutes at 36 per game, then Evan Turner, Al-Farouq Aminu, and Allen Crabbe are all around 30 minutes per game.

Festus Ezeli and Mason Plumlee are projected to play around 24 a game, while Maurice Harkless, Ed Davis, Meyers Leonard and Noah Vonleh are expected to share 30 minutes among themselves.

The problem here is in young players like Vonleh who is entering his third season in the league.

According to an NBA article, the Blazers are finally expecting something out of Vonleh.

After going through steady development since his arrival with the Blazers, Vonleh was given the chance to start in 56 of the 78 total games he played. He averaged 3.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game while playing 15 minutes a contest.

If he wants to make a statement, he should start stepping up and it may be tough given the amount of players looking to get some playing time in Portland.

In addition, it is believed that Vonleh remains determined to get the job done, and to prove that he is worth the risk that the Blazers are taking.

He admits that there is competition, but in order to come out better, Vonleh must know how to rise above it.