The Portland Trail Blazers have dealt with their fair share of turbulence at the starting small forward spot throughout this season. Although Maurice Harkless was chalked in as the starter during the offseason, a nagging knee injury has kept him from being a constant in this role.
The pain began in March 2018, following a Blazers win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Afterwards, Joe Freeman of the Oregonian quotes Harkless as saying:
“I kind of had a bad feeling about it [his knee].”
A few days later, the team uncovered that Harkless’s feeling was more than that.