Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers shocked the world last season. Not only did the underrated Blazers make the playoffs, but they upset the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round. While injuries to Chris Paul and Blake Griffin helped turn that series, you can’t take away that accomplishment from Portland.
There were questions whether C.J. McCollum and Damian Lillard could co-exist in the team’s starting backcourt before the start of last season. With that question now behind this team, the hope is that they can build off last year’s success. After adding Evan Turner, Festus Ezeli and re-signing Allen Crabbe this summer, Portland will be looking to take the next step as a team.
Question is, was last season an aberration or the start of something special in Portland? Can this team continue to excel on the perimeter, not get much from their frontcourt, and still get away with it?
We’ll see in 2016-17.
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