The temptation to make a splash in free agency will be significant for Portland, but waiting another year before going all in is the best option.
Despite losing to the Golden State Warriors, the Portland Trail Blazers 2015-2016 season will go down as a rare moment of overachievement for the franchise.
For a while, Steph Curry looked capable of failure, and of uncertainty. Then he started playing perfectly like the basketball cyborg he is, toppling the Blazers with the best overtime in NBA history.
Steph scored more than any player ever ... and more than most WHOLE TEAMS did this season.
Stephen Curry stole the headlines, but Green and the Warriors' defense was just as important to their Game 4 victory.
Do the Warriors get away with illegal screens? Sometimes, but so do other teams.
We can't understand it, either.
Steph Curry's game looked rusty, then he lit the NBA history books on fire.
Third option? First option? It doesn't matter to Klay Thompson, and that maintains the Warriors' harmonic chemistry.