In the slow month of August, Portland Trail Blazers news—and NBA news in general—is hard to come by. The hustle and bustle of free agency is past, the start of the new season still three months away. It’s a bad time for updates, but a fantastic opportunity to talk theory and hypothetical questions.
We’re never shy around here, so we’re going to plunge with both feet, maybe up to our necks, into the one question that’s been resonating through Portland for the better part of a year now. It’s seldom spoken explicitly, but even the echo draws battle lines straight down the middle of Blazers fandom.