The Portland Trail Blazers entered the preseason with one main question looming over the team: Who will earn the starting small forward spot? The competition was between Josh Hart, Justise Winslow, and Nassir Little. On Sunday, Hart won out.
The veteran wing fits alongside the rest of the starters nicely, but that isn’t to say that Winslow or Little do not. In fact, beginning the season as a starter does not guarantee that one will finish that way, and head coach Chauncey Billups has indicated that the starting SF will sometimes be matchup dependent.