In what may be the coldest take of the 2024-25 NBA season, former Portland Tribune and Oregonian Blazers beat reporter and current independent writer Kerry Eggers doesn’t believe the Portland Trail Blazers have built a winning club:
“For the uninitiated members of the Fourth Estate, Monday’s press-conference verbiage might have been confusing. The players talked about winning games — lots of games — this season... Even if the Blazers didn’t have intentions to tank, they wouldn’t be good enough to escape the lottery.”
True enough, and clear to anyone with even a passing interest in the Blazers.