The Portland Trail Blazers are finishing out a season that hasn’t gone according to plan. They began the year behind the familiar duo of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum with a run at playoff relevance as their target. With 60 games under their belt, they’re struggling to field a team with any recognizable players, aiming for ping pong balls instead of rings.
As priorities have shifted, Portland has also experienced more roster turnover this season than in three “regular” years. These are not your slightly-older brother’s Trail Blazers. That movement also opens up a ray of hope, though, which is the subject of today’s Blazer’s Edge Mailbag.