Portland Trail Blazers fans weren't feeling particularly good on Monday, coming off a dispiriting loss in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series that saw the Memphis Grizzlies physically dominate their favorite squad from the opening tip in a bracing continuation of their regular-season struggles against Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol and company. They didn't exactly get a pick-me-up with the delivery of the morning edition of the Oregonian, featuring this cold cup of coffee from Jason Quick about the potentially uncertain future of All-Star power forward — and unrestricted free agent to be — LaMarcus Aldridge:
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After an atrocious performance by the Blazers that at one point left Aldridge sitting alone on the bench as his teammates joined a late-game huddle, the Blazers need to worry about more than just losing this series.