Why can’t the Portland Trail Blazers do it? Why can’t they get themselves into deep postseason basketball? Obviously, they’re already the premier team in the Pacific Northwest, but that’s by default; they’re the only ones left. Three turned to two when the Vancouver Grizzlies left for Memphis for the 2001-02 season. And two to one when the Seattle SuperSonics became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008-09. But has this actually hindered the Blazers? If you can’t be the best in your region, how can you be the best in the league? This article will relive the I-5 rivalry between Seattle and Portland and why it helped PDX.
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