The Portland Trail Blazers will be without C.J. McCollum here in the season opener at Phoenix Wednesday night as he will be serving a one game suspension for leaving the bench area in last week's preseason clash with the Suns.

I still like the Blazers to come out ahead though as they have several players who can pick up the slack.

Phoenix is in rebuild mode and enters the season with the NBA's youngest roster at an average age of 24.5 years. I like what the Suns are doing and will no doubt pay off over time, but this will be another tough season for Phoenix.

My free pick is on Portland Trail Blazers.

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