By Divij Kulkarni View the original article to see embedded media. The Portland Trail Blazers are in an interesting spot, this season was washed out by Damian Lillard’s injury, and the team traded away both Norman Powell and CJ McCollum to quickly build around Damian Lillard. The Blazers also got rid of their previous General Manager Neil Olshey in December, and Joe Cronin stepped up in the interim to handle team affairs. Well, he seems to have convinced the owners of his capabilities, with Adrian Wojnarowski reporting that the Blazers have promoted Cronin to the permanent General Manager posi…