The Portland Trail Blazers are walking through that idyllic time when training camp is a few days old, but the first pre-season game has not yet appeared. New schemes are being tested and they all look good in practice. No evidence to the contrary will rear its head for a few days, if not weeks. Right now every plan works. Anything is possible.
The happy dust sprinkled over the practice court doesn’t just hit the playbook, but the players involved as well. At this time of year, everybody is a potential breakout star. We’re not cheesy enough to presume everyone will play better this season than last, but it doesn’t take many curated team practice videos to convince us that most of “our” players are going to be great.