The national media remains unimpressed with the Portland Trail Blazers as the 2018-19 season rapidly approaches. This time, it’s Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley who shares a grim outlook for the upcoming campaign. Buckley has the Blazers among five teams he believes will fall below expectations this season, along with the Hornets , Lakers, Spurs and Raptors.
Of the direction of the franchise, he writes:
Their forward rotation underwhelms at both ends. Their most expensive big man plays a throwback style and might be unusable against the West’s best playoff lineups (Jusuf Nurkic).