The Portland Trail Blazers are in for an interesting, maybe even a bright, season. It\u2019s a year of transition with new veterans expected to bolster the roster, former first-rounders heading towards their prime years, and a certain rookie center looking to captivate imagination and attention.<\/p>\n
Though the roster mix looks intriguing, it\u2019s absolutely not predictable. Portland could be one of the Next Big Things in the NBA\u2019s Western Conference or a total flop. We won\u2019t know until the games get underway. We do know that, at this stage in their growth curve, a lack of success would be a disappointment.<\/p>\n
That brings up an interesting question we\u2019ve been dancing around all summer and want to address today.<\/p>\n
Which Trail Blazers player is under the most pressure this season? Let\u2019s define \u201cpressure\u201d as, \u201cIf this player doesn\u2019t produce or takes a step backwards, it\u2019s going to have a definite impact and it\u2019s going to be legitimately disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Note that we said \u201cplayer\u201d here. That\u2019s intentional. Despite receiving contract extensions, Head Coach Chauncey Billups and General Manager Joe Cronin will always be at the eye of the storm when it comes to fan scrutiny. That\u2019s the nature of the beast. But we want to look at the roster itself today, not just the people who help build and guide it. So we\u2019re asking you for someone who actually puts on a uniform and takes the floor.<\/p>\n
Which Blazers player is under the most pressure to perform this year and why? Name your candidate in the comment section, give us your reasoning, and compare your thoughts with fellow readers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Portland Trail Blazers are in for an interesting, maybe even a bright, season. It\u2019s a year of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[76849,76850,355,99],"class_list":["post-153635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-blazers-gameday-coverage","tag-discussion-and-gameday-threads","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}