Depending on who you ask, the Portland Trail Blazers either have a void to fill at small forward or are sitting on a tantalizing prospect in Maurice Harkless, a 25-year-old just waiting for the right situation and enough confidence to break out. What’s the answer to this riddle? Should the Blazers believe in Harkless? If so, why?
That’s the question I inevitably ask someone who suggests that THIS is the year to have faith in the six-year veteran. What about his campaign last year was so different that we should believe that this is the season he puts it all together?