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NBA Power Rankings: What’s wrong with the Cleveland Cavaliers?

By Brandon Jefferson

Nov 8, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) looks on prior to the game against the Atlanta Hawks at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 8, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) looks on prior to the game against the Atlanta Hawks at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 27, 2016; Portland, OR, USA; Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) drives to the basket on Houston Rockets forward Ryan Anderson (3) and forward Trevor Ariza (1) during the fourth quarter of the game at the Moda Center at the Rose Quarter. The Rockets won 130-114. Mandatory Credit: Steve Dykes-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 27, 2016; Portland, OR, USA; Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) drives to the basket on Houston Rockets forward Ryan Anderson (3) and forward Trevor Ariza (1) during the fourth quarter of the game at the Moda Center at the Rose Quarter. The Rockets won 130-114. Mandatory Credit: Steve Dykes-USA TODAY Sports /

34. Things for the Portland Trail Blazers have not really gone as planned this year. Festus Ezeli still hasn’t played a single game this season (will he ever?) and they were without Al-Farouq Aminu for almost a month as he recovered from a left calf strain. Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum both continue to be great and together make up one of the three best backcourts in the league. Yet, aside from those two guards the Blazers haven’t really gotten much else from the rest of their roster. Meyers Leonard, Evan Turner, and Allen Crabbe have both seen their production drop from a season ago. In his eight games this year, Aminu has rarely looked like the player that helped spark this team in the playoffs and the second half of last season. Asking for any more out of Lillard and McCollum might leave them spent when the playoffs come around and that is when Portland is going to really need to rely on them most. Lillard was able to put the team on his back in order to get them a much needed win over the Chicago Bulls last night. They’ll likely need more of his heroics going forward if the rest of the team is unable to find its groove as the season progresses onwards.. 11-10. Previous: . Portland Trail Blazers. 17. team

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