The Trail Blazers shoot poorly close to the basket last season. Really poorly.
Their 56.8 percent shooting percentage within five feet of the rim was the lowest in the NBA, and the third consecutive year that Portland has been near the bottom of the league in that category.
Inability to finish around the rim seems to be a roster-wide problem — all of the Blazers were below average, for their position, at converting within five feet of the hoop last season.
But there are three solid reasons to hope that this trend reverses:
Fun fact: Seth Curry shot 64.