Well, the Portland Trail Blazers cannot really fall any lower in the NBA power rankings without a worse team going on a run, so here they sit at spot No. 25 after losing to the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, and Los Angeles Clippers this week. The team’s defense was never going to carry them higher and its offense has more or less disappeared since the NBA All-Star break.
Want to know what the national media thinks about Portland’s recent woes? Read on for opinions from NBA.com’s John Schuhmann and The Athletic’s Zach Harper.