If you were making a list of the 1,000 things the Portland Trail Blazers needed most in their pursuit of a championship, it’s likely that the name “Giannis Antetokounmpo” would be atop of that list, and the term “6-foot-2, score-first guard” would be among the very bottom. But in a 2021-22 season in which normalcy hasn’t been worth relying on, it’s exactly what the Blazers have gotten.
Saddled with injuries and roster turnover, the Blazers, now without all eight of their top points per game scorers from 2020-21, have been forced to churn out a “Who He Play For?