Trail Blazers Land at Picks 7 and 14 in the Draft Lottery: What Do They Do Now?
Everything you need to know about the 2024 NBA Draft Lottery, from the Trail Blazers slipping to 7th, how close they were to No. 1 and why this is maybe just maybe not the worst thing. Plus, a round up of the immediate post lottery mock drafts.
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32 Comments
draft guards. Let the rest of the league get big and slow, then we can hit them with the tiny & mighty Blazers.
This idea that falling to #7 proves tanking never works and is a worse outcome than being stuck in mediocrity is profoundly unserious. I can’t even fathom the train of thought that leads anyone to that conclusion. I’ll be sure to circle back around with these people when Portland drafts Matas at 7, wins the Flagg sweepstakes next year after another year of tanking, and both become stars
NBA Lottery sucks and does not allow bad team to get better. Whole process sucks!
In a draft that is this wide open it really does not matter. Sure Sarr would be nice but we have no idea how good anybody will be. Just take the best SF/PF/C at 7 and 14. If it looks like only guards will be there, at 7 you deal the #7 pick. Simple as that.
Only ROY should be able to appear to the draft show from here on out.
Pistons who continue to suck worse than PDX and continue to land pick 5. NBA needs to scrap this rigged process and follow the NFL Draft pattern instead so no Rigging allowed by NBA who does not favor the Blazers.
Trade no.'s 7, 14, and 31 for whoever picks Clingan
Tanking sucks but it does work. “Atlanta”. The athlete that gets picked at #7 will fit the build time line. There is talent all the way through #14. The proof is that every mock draft out there is different from the next one you watch. You can count on a team or two drafting someone that wasn’t projected to be in the lottery. It happens every year. Portlands name of the game now is be patient and take best players available at #7 and #14. No matter what at 7 a player will be available that was supposed to be top 3 in somebody’s top 3. Stop the negativity. Joe has a lot more avenues to go with this than 2 years ago. Portlands assets are plentiful guaranteed joes getting calls from every team in the league.
Right now I think only Knecht at #7 and filipowski at #14 will be available to the Blazer's
The draft can now fall to you because there isn't any choice. For a front office there is some value in that. You simply select the best player available which is based on your own draft analysis weighted to roster needs. I also think the 14th pick might have some traction for a trade. I would prefer to use the pick, but I anticipate that pick might be on the move with a player for what is hopefully something meaningful in return (or even a move up). People's jobs are at stake this upcoming year. I think that first 2nd round pick will be kept and used. The second will be traded for a something in the future.
If there was a draft lottery not to get lucky in… it’s this one.
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Next year is the one to be bummed over if we don’t get lucky
we got to try and get that 5th from. detroit. This is the draft to get our role players. Maybe jerami or ant for the 5th?
Tyler smith or Tidjaun at 14
The only problem Detroit has is the management. A good GM and a head coach that fits the roster style of play would straighten out that franchise. They crapped the bed over paying to bring in a coach that wasn’t ready to coach a lottery team. Monty failed at player development in Phoenix and couldn’t develop a #1 draft pick. Now look what’s happening In Detroit.
When I saw the first card was a blazer logo I freaked out for a split second as well🤣
Congratulations to Ron Holland for officially beating the “6-foot-5” allegations this morning!
Portland getting shafted just apart of the NBA script. NBA has zero polarity and is for sure rigged on some level between player moves and referees. Gotta protect the largest markets. EDIT* to be fair to this take, getting raked on a shallow draft like this really isn't that bad. hopefully we get boosted next year, after another sad season. (most likely)
Mike, i am wondering about your thoughts on a few players in the draft. Perhaps it could be a blessing in disguise picking 7th. What if we traded back a bit farther say 11th with a trade in mind and looked at some of these players fits in later picks. Tyler Smith, Dillon Jones, DaRon Holmes II, Kel'El Ware?
Blazers Trade the two second rounders to move up
33 and 40 I think for say pick 25
The Blazers owe a future first to Chicago. What are your thoughts about the Blazers trading the 14th pick to get their own pick back in order to clear up any potential future pick swaps with Milwaukee?
This is the end for the Blazers… We are a team that tries to lose and small market teams never get the big splashy 1st pick now the spurs have 2 top 10 picks this year a ton next year the Thunder have a ton of picks and talent and we have A GM who is
Committed to the tank like tanking has ever gotten a chip… last I checked Philly hasn’t even gotten close. The blazers coach said they wanted to try to win Ant said it and all we can look forward to next year is what? More tanking just for the #1 pick to go to a playin team again? There’s nothing to be excited about as a Blazers fan for the future or now when you know we are just going to keep tanking and have no shot of being a top team. We might as well try to win games next year now like we have the talent to actually do so
I hope next year blazer management IQ went up and they get rid of Grant and the rest of the pros and let these kids grow together
This definitely isn't missing Wemby again
Topić? No more guards!
We need a power forward or center. I like Holland. Clingan as a reserve center 👍.
If they draft a guard Ant has to go.
If they’re available take Cody Williams at 7 and Clingan at 14
I was gonna take Knecht and Edey anyway, they're the best two on the board. Still can!
The lottery is so rigged. They don't even try to hide it anymore.
I love Scoot but at the lottery draft he looked like he was high as a kite. I’ve often had the same suspicion with Sharpe. He seems to have his head in the clouds. I hope I’m wrong but Oregon seems to have the wacky tabaky available on every block these days. Hope they can keep hooping on their mind instead of Mary Jane…
Rockets fan here I was wondering would you guys be interested in trading with us to move up to the number three pick?
I’m a massive Cody Williams fan. Assuming Risacher and Buzelis are off the board I think he’s the way to go for our 7 pick. Hell I think I might take him over Buzelis for the ceiling. For our 14 im hoping for an upside swing like Tyler Smith (temu LMA) or Saluan. Or Knecht if we deal Simons/Brog over the summer.
Bonny looking good at 7 or 14 rn lol