The Utah Jazz and Portland Trailblazers are not much different from each other. Both franchises have rode eras built on stars and achieved remarkable success. One key difference: the Jazz embraced the next era and the Blazers have yet to.
Watching Damian Lillard lead an abysmal Portland Trailblazers to victory over the Utah Jazz, I couldn’t help but imagine “Dame Time” on the same team as Lauri Markkanen, Walker Kessler, and Ochai Agbaji.
It’s nothing new, frankly. Fans have dreamt of his addition to the franchise ever since he became a star after amazing collegiate years at Weber State University.