The Portland Trail Blazers ended the preseason at 1-4 with zero wins against NBA teams.

It wasn’t pretty but is the sky falling?

The Blazer Focused podcast, sponsored by ZoomCare, provides some hope and answers during its latest episode with hosts, Aaron Fentress and Craig Birnbach.

TOPICS:

• Just how bad was it?
• Deep look, with grades, at where the Blazers stand in key areas: Is Damian Lillard all the way back? Does Jusuf Nurkic look like a $70 million man? How Jerami Grant is living up to the hype? Anfernee Simons’ preseason struggles. That defense. Yikes.
• Will Gary Payton II be a game changer?
• Fact or Fentress: Schedule related.
• No-Look pass surprise question?

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