While the Portland Trail Blazers may not yet have that final major piece that will put them over the edge in the playoffs, they do have two star-caliber players that want to be here; not something every team can boast about.
Jason Quick of the Athletic wrote about Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum and their ties to Portland as they work to build a winning team.
With Portland being a smaller market, in a state with an income tax on the higher side, the Blazers need players who love the city. As Quick describes, they have two in Lillard and McCollum:
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