You probably don't know who that label belongs to. That's kind of the problem.
The Portland Trail Blazers will not be a laughingstock this season. They won't be in the gutter of the Western Conference. They will compete every night, win somewhere between 35 and 40 games, and fight for a play-in spot. But which player on this roster leads them there isn't fully clear.
When the season starts, I don't know who the best player on the Blazers will be, and that might be what muddies up this team's season the most: Who leads the charge?