PORTLAND — The only thing more consistent and persistent than the rainfall in these parts is the debate on whether the Trail Blazers should break-up the talented backcourt of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum.



The argument is they are too small. Too redundant. And more than anything, their talent hasn’t translated to postseason wins.



“That’s what they say when you get swept two times in a row,” Lillard said Tuesday.



McCollum, who is the one more often suggested as bait, quipped this season that media personality Bill Simmons has been trying to trade him for five years, including this season to Orlando for Aaron Gordon. If the suggestions aren’t on the internet, they are coming in on the Portland airwaves — Bob from Hillsboro, Andy from Beaverton, Stan from Vancouver.



It’s even been enough of a topic that Neil Olshey, the team’s acerbic president of basketball operations, has swallowed his disdain for...