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Isn't next year's draft supposed to be pretty stacked as well? I ask because the Blazers are not good this year yet seem to be pretty committed to stumbling into the play-in to get whacked by OKC/DEN/etc, and they also owe a lottery-protected 1st-rounder to the Bulls. Since the consensus seems to be that there's a dip in quality after the top tier of prospects, I wonder if the thinking isn't that if you don't have a decent shot at a top-4 guy, this might not be the worst year to bite the bullet and get out from under that commitment, especially if (like Portland) you are not particularly competitive and there are multiple paths to poo poo going sideways next year, vs this year when some things came together and you were not Charlotte-level bad. I'm not seeing much to indicate that a #11ish pick is all that much better this year than any other. E: this is confusing, not gonna rewrite but to be clear I understand that Portland keeps their pick if it's in the lottery, I was more referring to having control of your assets if you try to package expiring $ in some deal etc. rivetz fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Mar 20, 2025 |
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