After a busy off-season compared to years past, the Portland Trail Blazers are expected to embark on a successful 2020-21 campaign two weeks from now. That begs the question: what does success mean? Have definitions changed now that the frontcourt is stacked with defenders and the starting guards are turning 30?
Today Dave Deckard and Dia Miller unpack their personal definition of success this season. See if they match yours.
Dave: With new players come new expectations. These aren’t your father’s Damian Lillard Trail Blazers anymore. The team is deeper, more talented, and by Lillard’s own confession is primed to make a run now.