With the Trailblazers, however, he’s gone way past common cost-cutting in business operations to lay off more than 70 employees. Moreover, he’s cut advanced scouts, trimmed athlete services and has almost made a mantra out of wanting to have the lowest-paid head coach in the NBA. It’s one thing to streamline organizational bloat and it’s quite another to go cheap on the coaching staff, two-way players and scouts — what many consider to be “product makers” in basketball operations. If he goes too far on that front, he’ll soon see shrinking revenues from the fans in Portland, especially if he does not seem to take any pride in building a winning team on and off the court.