Don't believe the hype    CJ and Lillard are back to being the worst defensive backcourt in the league now that Murray has taken a bit of a step forward.  Covington has slowed down, and won’t be able to carry the defense himself.  Kanter will play and is still one of the league’s worst defenders.    I dunno.  Lillard’s ability to just go nuts will be enough to let them a few games above 500 if Nurkic is healthy, which might be enough for home-court this year.  But if he gets hurt again then things could get dark pretty quickly.