The Trail Blazers are determined to claim a spot alongside the NBA’s elite teams and they have all the ingredients to make that pursuit an entertaining one. Each year, ESPN’s Zach Lowe ranks each team’s watchability in his League Pass rankings. For the 2019-20 season, he placed Portland at No. 14.
Unsurprisingly, Lowe pointed to the Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum when explaining the Blazers’ placement on the list.
The Blazers are the quality control dividing line -- a comfort-food movie. They have more star power than the teams beneath them, though most of it is of the below-the-rim-variety.