The Portland Trail Blazers will enter the 2023-24 with a revamped roster, short one superstar, long on youth and athleticism. Not since 2015-16 have they faced so many questions. Even that season offered more continuity than this one. They lost All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge but carried forward the soon-to-be-familiar duo of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. No such bridge exists here. Or if it does, it’s surrounded by such turbulence that it’s hardly the major story.
In a year full of unrest, listing the variables surrounding the team is a ludicrous exercise. We might as well point to the entire practice facility and wave our arms.