Portland Trail Blazers Ready to Contend in Crowded Western Conference

September 26th, 2014 by Adam Fromal Leave a reply »

The 2013-14 NBA season contained many surprises, but the Portland Trail Blazers were chief among them. 

This was supposed to be a middling squad filled with some high-upside players, but instead, everything came together swimmingly. Though the team's blazing start led to an inevitable cooling-off period later in the year, the Blazers still finished with a 54-28 record, strong enough to earn them the No. 4 spot in the brutally tough Western Conference. 

And they weren't content just making the playoffs, instead downing the star-studded Houston Rockets when Damian Lillard drained an ice-cold three-pointer to advance past the first round. The San Antonio Spurs outed them before the conference finals, but it was an impressive season nonetheless. 

Now, Rip City is primed to get even better. 

 

Surging Stars



As good as Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge already are—and I recently ranked them as the No. 16 and No. 13 players in the league heading into training camp, respectively—they both have plenty of room for growth. 

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