For about four minutes, the two stood and spoke on the baseline, most of the conversation taking place during player introductions. They were animated — hand gestures and smiles — and at times exchanged laughter. “He was saying we are trying to do something here in Portland,” Tee Morant said. “That was the whole message. He told me he met Ja, and that nobody has bad things to say. And he said he thinks (the Blazers) are building something great. His vision is championships in Portland.”
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