Blazers retain Crabbe, Leonard

The Portland Trail Blazers are keeping last season’s roster largely intact.

Sunday, the Blazers ensured that Allen Crabbe and Meyers Leonard would not be going elsewhere. Both were restricted free agents, meaning Portland could keep them by matching any offers they received from other teams.

Portland re-signed Leonard to a four-year, $41 million contract, according to Yahoo Sports.

Later Sunday, Yahoo reported that the Blazers matched a four-year, $75 million offer the Brooklyn Nets had made for Crabbe.

Both players later confirmed on Twitter that they would be staying in Portland.

In re-singing Leonard, Portland added depth in its front-court. Portland recently signed free-agent center Festus Ezili and also has returning starter Mason Plumlee.

Leonard, a 7-foot center, averaged 8.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in his fourth NBA season. He missed the final 20 regular season games with a shoulder injury that required surgery.

In bringing back Crabbe, the Blazers retained one of last season’s most improved and versatile players. He can play both small forward, shooting guard and was one of Portland’s best perimeter defenders last season.

Crabbe averaged 10.3 points and shot 39.4 percent from 3-point range.

Portland now has 14 players under contract for next season, 11 of whom were on last year’s team that was one of the NBA’s biggest surprises. Picked to finish near the bottom of the Western Conference, Portland finished 44-38 and reached the Western Conference semifinals.

Small forward Maurice Harkless is the final player on last year’s roster who is still unsigned. He is a restricted free agent.