The Portland Trail Blazers have been on a path to redemption for years, but the results haven't been great.
The answer remained the same; the problem, eternal.
Their current leader was Zach Randolph. When he first joined the team, management was very optimistic. After all, it was truly rare for a player of his size to have such a delicate touch.
When Randolph started his career, he was actually quite diligent and even won the Most Improved Player award. But the team environment on the Trail Blazers was just awful—a whole crew of chain-smokers, gamblers, and hotheads. How could he have learned anything good?
This summer, after Randolph signed a max contract with the Trail Blazers, he started to completely let himself go.
