The Portland Trail Blazers have finally returned to Zach Lowe’s weekly “Ten Things I Like (and Don’t Like) About the NBA” column. After weeks and weeks in morose purgatory, the Blazers broke through with the recent performances of CJ McCollum, who averaged 33.3 points over a half-dozen games in the absence of backcourt mate Damian Lillard.
Lowe takes a moment to appreciate McCollum’s fancy moves, especially his hesitation crossover. After going straight up Blazer’s Edge by labeling McCollum’s bag of tricks “deeper than Hermione Granger’s magic handbag” (Pretty close, Zach.