The last time we talked, it felt like the sky was falling for your Portland Trail Blazers.
So much so, that I changed the format of this series. I threw out the usual list of observations in favor of a lengthy, soul-searching essay to try to pinpoint the gloomy state of the franchise and a suddenly wayward season.
Today, about two weeks later, the Trail Blazers have emerged from that dark abyss and tread on much calmer waters. The team still isn’t good, of course, but things are closer to the competitive basketball displayed early in the season rather than the unholy wreckage we saw to start January.