The Portland Trail Blazers are halfway through the 2018-19 season and, as in recent years, are mired in a middling morass of Western Conference teams tussling for playoff seeding. With four weeks remaining until the February 7th NBA trade deadline, serious decisions will need to be made about the make-up of this team as it prepares for play in late April and perhaps beyond.
One of the most topical and perhaps polarizing decisions before President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey, and with him Coach Terry Stotts, is the starting small forward position.
Since arriving in what can now be considered a one-sided trade from Orlando three and a half years ago, Maurice Harkless has dominated — but not quite secured — the job.