The Golden State Warriors enter the 2018-19 NBA Season as repeat World Champions and presumptive favorites to win a third straight. The Portland Trail Blazers...well...do not. How the heck did the gap get so big? Aren’t there similarities between the franchises, right down to their tech-billionaire owners? That’s the subject of today’s Blazer’s Edge Mailbag.
Could you explain to us laymen how certain teams, eh-hem Golden State, can run out 5 all-stars and a starter quality bench, year after year? Do the Blazers not operate under the same rules of caps and taxes as the Warriors?