http://www.nba.com/preview/2014/POR/index.html Nothing particularly earth-shattering in here, but they did point out what many in here have been saying about the gradual improvement the Blazers' defense has shown over the past couple seasons.
Re: NBA.com season preview: "For Trail Blazers to take next step, defense must improv I could have sworn someone else posted this already. I can't remember who
Re: NBA.com season preview: "For Trail Blazers to take next step, defense must improv Perhaps, but the article shows a posted date of 10/17, so unless this is a re-release, I don't think it's been posted before.
Re: NBA.com season preview: "For Trail Blazers to take next step, defense must improv So, that begs the question of whether defense is fool's gold for this team, and whether it's all about offense. The record was better when we played worse defense, albeit against weaker opposition.
