The Portland Trail Blazers have long featured a backcourt long on offense, but defensively suspect. This is no secret. Year after year coaches and players promise that defensive improvement stands among their highest priorities. Each season, that ship of promise seems to founder. But why? If they know what the issues are, why can’t the
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The Phoenix Suns are in a position few teams in franchise history have ever been. As the halfway point in the season has crossed, they are currently the best team in the NBA. While certainty leaguewide remains difficult to fully grasp because of the statuses of Klay Thomspon with the Warriors and Kyrie Irving in