Dame Lillard and the echo of LaMarcus Aldridge

With C.J. McCollum traded and the tank fully underway, the question of Dame's future comes into focus with a glance toward his past.

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Old Woman and Boy With Candles, Peter Paul Rubens, 1617

Best case scenario: the New Orleans Pelicans don’t pull it together, they miss the play-in, they crumble a bit, they finish with the eighth worst record in the NBA, they end up with the No. 8 pick in the NBA Draft, that pick conveys to the Portland Trail Blazers via th…