The Portland Trail Blazers reside in an NBA landscape that often deals in absolutes: Teams are either contending or rebuilding. This black-and-white world doesn’t always know how to make sense of a team like the Trail Blazers — one that is working toward the middle stages of that journey — or how to discern the value a decorated 35-year-old guard like Jrue Holiday can bring to a team navigating the in-between.
Throughout Holiday’s 14-minute introductory media session Tuesday in Tualatin, the two-time NBA champion provided varied answers to that last question.
“To be me,” he said about the expectations Portland head coach Chauncey Billups has for him next season.