The Portland Trail Blazers reside in an NBA landscape that often deals in absolutes: Teams are either contending or rebuilding. This black-and-white world doesn’t always know how to make sense of a team like the Trail Blazers — one that is working toward the middle stages of that journey — or how to discern the value a decorated 35-year-old guard like Jrue Holiday can bring to a team navigating the in-between.

Throughout Holiday’s 14-minute introductory media session Tuesday in Tualatin, the two-time NBA champion provided varied answers to that last question.

“To be me,” he said about the expectations Portland head coach Chauncey Billups has for him next season. “To bring the leadership that I’ve brought to multiple organizations. To be able to come in here and be as adaptable as possi

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