Nearly halfway through the 2016-17 NBA season, the Portland Trail Blazers’ off-season script looks even less like a fairy tale and even more like a Steinbeck novel. Little has worked out as intended for Portland. Chris Haynes of ESPN detailed where the trouble began in his Wednesday morning piece entitled Bad summer still a bummer for struggling Trail Blazers, and today we’ll filter through the most important parts. Of course, the full article is worth the read, and you can find it by following this link, but we’ll start here:
The plan was for Ezeli, a 6-foot-11 center, to play around 15-20 minutes in about 55 games, sitting out the second game of back-to-backs and participating in limited practices.