It would be more than fair to say much of last year was dismal for the Blazers and their fans.
The details and particulars of the Chauncey Billups hire came into question, and the executive who made the hire—and urged people to trust he’d done all the necessary due diligence into the matter—was then terminated following an independent investigation into the workplace culture he fostered.
There was often a lack of fun on the court, too. Early on, franchise player Damian Lillard looked like a shell of himself while dealing with an abdominal injury that would later require surgery. CJ McCollum, a longtime fan favorite despite the team’s core having been held together for too long, was dealt to New Orleans a couple days before the February trade deadline.
