While we're reading ESPN articles: Will Barton recaptured thrill with Nuggets after dark times in NBA To this day, Barton ponders what could've been in Portland. "I wouldn't say I hold any ill will [toward Portland]," he said. "At the end of the day, they drafted me. It just was like, 'Damn, I wish that I could have made it work.' It's like your first girlfriend. I was so close with Dame. He's always been one of my biggest supporters. It was a dream of mine to play alongside him. We came in together, played Summer League together. How special would it have been with me, him and CJ in the backcourt?
