The Portland Trail Blazers are not doing well. Sitting 12-18 in a crowded Western Conference, the Blazers currently own the seventh-worst record in the league, 30 games into the season.
It’s still December, too soon to determine results. But it’s going to be incredibly difficult for the Blazers to elevate through the play-in picture and into the west’s top six with Coach Chauncey Billups still waiting to have his vision executed consistently.
On top of all this, the team’s leader and six-time All-Star Damian Lillard is struggling on the court as he battles an ongoing abdomen injury.