Many of you are aware that I am a big Portland Trail Blazers fan. If you follow the NBA you’ll know that the Blazers crashed out of the first-round of the playoffs in six games against the division rival Denver Nuggets, who were missing their 2nd best player Jamal Murray and two key backups. Portland was basically at full strength minus their backup power forward/center who didn’t even play during the season.
Even though the Blazers have the longest active postseason streak in the NBA at eight, the really sour end to 2020-21 resulted in head coach Terry Stotts’ firing — they said “parted ways” but you’re smarter than that.