A brief break in the Portland Trail Blazers’ exit interviews on Tuesday was followed by several different supporting players coming the mic. Maurice Harkless, Zach Collins, Rodney Hood and Anfernee Simons all stepped up to field questions. Here are some highlights:
Harkless on early-season injury struggles and recovery:
The first half of the season was pretty frustrating. Not being able to be out there, [not] feeling like myself for the first however many games it was. But once I was able to turn that corner, and feel pretty good about my knee and how I was feeling out there, I think I turned the season around a little bit for myself.