The Portland Trail Blazers have posted an amazing run of victories since the All-Star break, skating past opponents left and right before stumbling to the Houston Rockets on Tuesday. As victories mounted, so did national attention. Damian Lillard is now a candidate for Most Valuable Player. Portland has earned official “dark horse” status in many books. Pundits both national and local have debated the exact questions posed in this edition of the Blazer’s Edge Mailbag.
Dave,
Are the Blazers for real? What is our ceiling? Everybody is asking that — even Simmons got in on it.