The Wizards needed to keep moving forward.
Their next away game was in Portland.
Previously, the Wizards had already played a game against the Trail Blazers.
In that game, a few matchups between Jordan and Pippen were captured, and someone called a still photo of Jordan and Pippen as opponents "the most heartbreaking moment in NBA history," as if it were two brothers forced to become enemies.
In that game, the Wizards lost.
And tonight, the Wizards lost again.
Although the Trail Blazers were ranked fifth in the Western Conference, their roster depth was undoubtedly number one in the Western.
This was a team with a total salary of 80 million US dollars.
And now was an era with a salary cap of 40 million US dollars.
If you had a roster that was twice the salary cap without the breathtaking depth it implied, the team's general manager must be cast into the professional basketball abyss, never to rise again.
