The Trail Blazers may be close to finished with the heavy lifting on their 2026-27 roster, but there’s still room to keep digging. Portland has 18 players in the fold, which leaves two open spots for Exhibit 10 deals - and that means there’s still an opportunity to add some talent on the margins.
That’s where a few preseason flyers come into play. If the Blazers want to use training camp to take a closer look at some under-the-radar options, three names stand out: Antonio Reeves, Wooga Poplar, and Brice Williams.
Reeves is the most proven of the group, even if his path has already started to wobble. The 47th pick in the 2024 draft has bounced through two teams in two years and is now teetering on the edge of the league.
Still, there’s enough there to justify a look. During the 2025-26 season, the Kentucky product averaged 6.8 minutes per game in 10 appearances on a two-way deal with the Charlotte Hornets.
Before that, his rookie season with the New Orleans Pelicans offered a bigger sample: 6.9 points per game while hitting 39.5% of his threes across 44 games.
The selling point is obvious. Reeves can really shoot it.
Portland could use more spacing around its stars, and a player who already has NBA reps and has shown he can knock down triples at a high clip is worth considering. He may not have a ton of untapped upside left, but he’s already shown enough to look like a viable NBA player, which gives him a strong floor for an Exhibit 10 candidate.
Poplar brings a different kind of appeal. He went undrafted in 2025, spent Summer League with the Chicago Bulls, and then logged his rookie season with their G League affiliate.
In Windy City, he carved out a bench role and played 15.4 minutes per game, flashing enough to get attention. His case starts with shooting: he hit 37.3% of his threes in college and buried 50.0% of his catch-and-shoot triples in the G last season.
There’s more to his game than just touch, too. Poplar can finish plays with force, whether he’s running the floor or attacking a scrambled defense.
Synergy had him at 1.06 points per possession in transition in 2025-26. He hasn’t shown NBA-level proof yet the way Reeves has, but his wing skill set fits what teams want, and it lines up neatly with Portland’s need for shooting and its stars’ preference for an uptempo, downhill style.
Williams rounds out the trio, and his pitch is just as straightforward. The former Nebraska standout was a major scorer in college, and the three-point line sits at the center of everything he does.
At 6-foot-7, he looks like a smooth perimeter weapon, and he backed that up with the Motor City Cruise last season by shooting 42.7% on catch-and-shoot threes on high volume. He also connected on 40.7% of his off-the-dribble threes.
He’s not one-dimensional, but his biggest value comes from spacing the floor. And that’s exactly why he makes sense here. Portland is still light on perimeter firepower, and Williams would help address that immediately.
Any of those three would make sense as additions to the Rip City Remix, and each is also worth a real look for the big club in training camp.
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