The Portland Trail Blazers will carry a 9-7 record into their game with the Houston Rockets on Thursday. More importantly, they’ll carry a half-dozen injuries to upper-rotation players, carnage not seen this side of Indiana. Portland may have entered the season claiming roster depth as a strength, but now their most prized characteristic will be hanging onto the vine while dangling over the edge of a cliff like a hackneyed movie hero.
Dia Miller and I spent a fair amount of time in this week’s Dave and Dia podcast talking about these developments. You can hear the full conversation when it drops tomorrow, but let’s just say that we examined the situation from multiple angles and came up with the same conclusion: things aren’t going to change here, or at least not easily.