How many "keepers" are on the Trail Blazers roster?

The Trail Blazers lost to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night in a game where the Blazers' youth was on full display. Portland is prioritizing the future by playing an inexperienced roster in the present and hoping to find some gems during a rocky end of the year. As Chauncey Billups put it prior to the game, "it's an opportunity for [players] to prove they belong" in the NBA.

So how many players on the Blazers current roster are absolute keepers? As clear building blocks and must haves on a good team going forward. How many fall into the let them walk category? As players that are either not good enough or not helpful enough to take a chance on moving forward.

Who else is left in the middle? Is Greg Brown III a keeper? What about Keon Johnson? Where does Justise Winslow fit in the Blazers future plans? Let's journey through the entire roster together and narrow down a list of keepers.

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