Besides making you question what you doing with you life, looking at an NBA team’s player contracts can also help you understand a team’s timeline.
So, let’s put our existential questions aside and take a look at the Portland Trail Blazers team payroll and see what we can suss out.
Big picture: Three-year championship window
Portland’s two highest players are also their best: Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum.
They are on contract through the 2020-21 NBA season. Currently 28- and 26-years-old respectively, these contracts will last through Dame’s prime and likely through C.