After a tumultuous start to the season, ending 2018 with a 21-16 record and winning the first game to start 2019 in dramatic fashion is certainly not a bad place to be in. However, after three and a half seasons of Damian Lillard holding the reigns of the alpha dog of this team, the Portland Trail Blazers are still as enigmatic as they were three and a half seasons ago.
The Blazer’s external options for improvement have been restricted ever since the often-chastised 2016 offseason which featured Evan Turner‘s four-year contract worth $70 million.