For the first time in nearly eight years, the Portland Trail Blazers are in a rebuild. For every Blazers’ great, there has been a Blazers’ great rebuild. For every exceptional season, what came before was an exceptional rebuild.
After Bill Walton, Portland rebuilt around Mychal Thompson. After Thompson, Portland rebuilt around Clyde Drexler. After Drexler, they rebuilt around Rasheed Wallace. After Wallace, they rebuilt around Brandon Roy. After Roy, they rebuilt around Damian Lillard. And after Lillard, they are rebuilding around Scoot Henderson.
It may be a vicious cycle, but it’s still a cycle. Enjoy your heroes while you can, but expect to go through a rebuild
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