The Portland Trail Blazers move towards the 2019 trade deadline as a team with incentive to buy. With the continued growth of Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic, and CJ McCollum, Rip City has quickly developed one of the more formidable groups in the league.
The trio is responsible in large-part for the team’s 31-20 record and fourth-place position in the Western Conference standings. Some nights, the Blazer Big Three have played so well that Portland seems on the cusp of contention. If only such a talented core had a supporting cast to push the Blazers past what is thought to be their ceiling – a playoff team and nothing more.