PORTLAND, ORE.—Slumps can be confusing and confounding things, and so too can be the methods used to escape them.
Therein lies the dilemma that has been facing C.J. Miles of the Toronto Raptors for pretty much this entire NBA season.
He’s had to balance his own struggles with team success. He is trying to figure out his place in a hierarchy that is much different than last season, and he has to know when to try to shoot himself out of difficult times while not to getting in the way of the team’s hot start.