ElNono
01-16-2015, 11:16 PM
The locker with the answers was barren, save for a lone T-shirt hanging and a chocolate protein drink, half consumed, on the mantle.
It was tough to tell just how quickly Nicolas Batum jetted out of the Portland Trail Blazers locker room Wednesday night, but judging from the streaks still cascading down the sides of the plastic cup, it was moments before the media was allowed in.
Maybe he had a date, or a family matter, or maybe he had to pack for Thursday morning's early departure to San Antonio, but Batum wasn't around Wednesday to answer the biggest question surrounding the Trail Blazers these days:
What in the world is going on with his game?
For how great the Blazers season has been -- second-best record in the Western Conference, dramatically improved defense, never-say-die comebacks -- the success has only masked the troubling dilemma everyone hoped would go away by itself: The disappearing act of Batum.
http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2015/01/nicolas_batum_and_his_disappearing_act_should_be_a .html#incart_social_feature
It was tough to tell just how quickly Nicolas Batum jetted out of the Portland Trail Blazers locker room Wednesday night, but judging from the streaks still cascading down the sides of the plastic cup, it was moments before the media was allowed in.
Maybe he had a date, or a family matter, or maybe he had to pack for Thursday morning's early departure to San Antonio, but Batum wasn't around Wednesday to answer the biggest question surrounding the Trail Blazers these days:
What in the world is going on with his game?
For how great the Blazers season has been -- second-best record in the Western Conference, dramatically improved defense, never-say-die comebacks -- the success has only masked the troubling dilemma everyone hoped would go away by itself: The disappearing act of Batum.
http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2015/01/nicolas_batum_and_his_disappearing_act_should_be_a .html#incart_social_feature