Hail to the Champions! The Portland Trail Blazers are 2022 NBA Summer League winners, besting the New York Knicks 85-77 in the title game with a combination of tenacious and effective defense, high energy offense, alley-oops and dunks.
Read that sentence again. Yes, it’s only Summer League, but these guys went out and played the way that Blazers’ fans have been pining for years. It’s not the Larry O’Brien trophy, but the Summer League Blazers earned every bit of this championship. After a down 2021-2022 season, fans needed some fun and these guys delivered.