Today's Second-Best Thing comes courtesy of our crosstown rivals, and an interview Willamette Week's Matthew Singer did with Trail Blazer Robin Lopez. The whole thing is pretty much perfect, but here's the second-best part:

Which is the NBA’s most annoying mascot?

The Toronto Raptor. I wish we could go back to Toronto, because he gets my goat. I have a few choice words for that guy.

Can you elaborate on that?
No. He knows.

He knows. Go read the whole piece.