With their tear through the months of February and March, the Portland Trail Blazers’ potential ceiling has been discussed so many times they might as well open a chandelier shop. Most of the talk has remained unabashedly positive, but Andrew Sharp of Sports Illustrated offered a more measured, if wistful, look at Portland’s prospects.
The first part of Sharp’s article focuses on Damian Lillard. Sharp admits right away that East Coast bias and curmudgeon-like doubts have conspired to keep Lillard lower on the national respect meter than he deserves. Even so, he admits that questions about Lillard and the Blazers have not been answered satisfactorily.