The Portland Trail Blazers enter the season looking relatively competitive, but answers are still being sought about how the roster looks on opening night. Almost a month before that first game, the playing group will enter training camp in late September, carrying with it some interesting storylines.

The Blazers are nowhere close to being contenders, but their trajectory is definitely upwards after half a decade in the doldrums. The hope is that this season the franchise gets another scent of the NBA Playoffs by via the Play-In tournament.

It won’t be easy though. The Western Conference is, as always, loaded with the only likely lottery team playing home games in Salt Lake City. The New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns and a handful of others will be jostling with the Bl

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