No moves made by the Portland Trail Blazers this summer have been as splashy and headline-grabbing as trading for veteran guard Jrue Holiday, then signing fellow Olympian Damian Lillard just weeks later. Acquiring two former All-Stars has been like a sweet drink of water to Portland fans who have been laboring and sweating through years of rebuilding with young, largely nameless players.
Already, before Holiday has suited up for a single game and with Lillard still a year out because of a torn Achilles injury, the Blazers faithful are imagining pairing the two titans to form a supercharged backcourt.