So if the Blazers want to, they could still make a move to go all-in on winning now with Lillard. The team also has desirable young prospects like Anfernee Simons and Shaedon Sharpe. So overall, Portland has a decent amount of draft capital. Portland has gone just 22-39 in the playoffs and won just four total playoff series with him. Despite having a 419-339 all-time regular season record with Lillard, the Blazers’ playoff record is well below. They have also never finished higher than a third seed with Lillard. That's a big reason why the Blazers have finished outside the top four in the West in seven of the last ten years. So simply put, Lillard has not had enough help. McCollum is third, averaging 19.0 ppg during his nine seasons in Portland.

Aldridge is followed by Jerami Grant, who's averaging 20.6 ppg in his first year with the Blazers this season. Aldridge last played for Portland in the 2014-15 NBA season. 6 by Portland in 2012, his highest-scoring teammate has been LaMarcus Aldridge (22.5 ppg). That probably lowered Portland's ceiling, but even still McCollum is a zero-time All-Star. The fourth-seeded American was the only player who had to get through her quarter-finals in three sets.Ĭollins came from a set down against Anna Kalinskaya to prevail 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 after an hour and 47 minutes.In fact, the team’s biggest deal involved trading away Lillard’s former co-star CJ McCollum to New Orleans last season in a cost-cutting move. Kostyuk’s semi-final opponent at the ATX Open will be Danielle Collins. The Ukrainian took an hour and 50 minutes to get the win. Eighth seed Marta Kostyuk also clinched a place in the quarters with a 7-6(6), 6-2 win over Anna-Lena Friedsam. This win also marked a career first semi-final for Volynets while for Stearns, she won the first two matches on the WTA Main Tour of her career this week in the event. I think it was important that I gave myself a lot of opportunities, so that helped me to close”. Speaking after the win, Volynets said, “I was able to do a good job to get leads in both sets, and then I didn’t execute how I wanted to. She also saved nine of the 14 break points she faced while converting eight break points on her opponent’s serve. But Volynets won 39% of her second-serve points to Stearns’ 22%. Both players won 53% of their respective first-serve points. Volynets needed an hour and 44 minutes to wrap up the match.

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