The Brooklyn Nets chose Egor Demin from BYU with the 8th pick in the NBA Draft. While that’s not particularly noteworthy, it was a mildly shocking choice that marked the first reach in this year’s ...

The 2023-24 season was one marked by rebuilding for the Portland Trail Blazers. After the inevitable departure of Damian Lillard last summer, an era officially drew to an end and Portland began to put ...

Trading Deandre Ayton would help make sense of it all The fact that this is a half-in move is puzzling. It's great that the Blazers didn't sacrifice their young core, but it's almost like they either ...

One of the most interesting lottery teams is the Brooklyn Nets at No. 8. They are still in the early stages of their rebuild and can afford to take a high-upside swing. Here, they take a flier on ...

The surprising 36-win season may have kept Portland from that pool of prospects, but the silver lining is that there are still several high-upside options at No. 11 to pair with their young core, ...

Deandre Ayton for Domantas Sabonis: Enough of an upgrade? Sabonis is one of the most accomplished active big men in the NBA. At 29 years of age, he's a two-time All-NBA honoree, three-time All-Star, ...

How can the Blazers land Carter without overpaying? While we would love the Blazers to pursue adding Carter to their young core, we're also hesitant to swap the No. 11 pick (and a salary filler) ...

The upsides of this trade are slim but they are present if you squint your eyes; Holiday is an excellent Scoot mentor, even though the tuition is costly. And even though he took a sharp dropoff in his ...

Anfernee Simons' potential departure this summer is a hot topic as he has one year remaining on his contract, and the Portland Trail Blazers could look to give Scoot Henderson an increased role after ...

Blazers missed their ideal window to trade Jerami Grant Just last summer, Cronon had an ambitious asking price of two first-round picks for the veteran forward. That backfired, as it's likely that the ...

RJ Barrett could be the missing piece in Portland's wing trio Barrett is underrated in the sense that he's not an All-Star-level talent, but he should be considered in the tier of players just below ...

The Portland Trail Blazers are not in the running to land the grand prize in the Kevin Durant sweepstakes. But they would be wise to sneak into a seemingly inevitable blockbuster deal. If they manage ...