Portland Trail Blazers 2020 two round mock draft compilation 1.0
Ed Stein
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Neil Olshey, Portland Trail Blazers General Manager.
By finishing the 2019-20 NBA season with a 35-39, the Portland Trail Blazers have the 16th overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.
Through the NBA draft in November, Pacific Northwest Sports will compile data from various mock drafts. Rather than our readers chase across the internet for information about who the Portland Trail Blazers pick, we bring you the consensus.
For edition 1.0, we used 24 mock drafts. NBC Sports, CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, USA Today, and The Athletic were among the sites 23 sites we audited for Edition 1.0. The sources may change a bit from article to article, but they are credible.
Due to COVID-19, the 2019–20 NBA Season was unlike anything else in league history. Before the pandemic induced break, the Portland Trail Blazers played through a staggering amount of key injuries. For most of the season, the Blazers played without Jusuf Nurkic, Zach Collins, and Rodney Hood.
The dynamic-duo backcourt of Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum kept Portland in playoff contention. They had help from center Hassan Whiteside and mid-season signee Carmelo Anthony. The Blazers had a 28-37 record when the NBA suspended the season.
When play resumed in Orlando, both Nurkic and Collins were back with the team. Their return proved that the Blazers’ 53-win 2018–19 season wasn’t a fluke. At full strength, (or close to it) Portland is a formidable team. Dame Time was on full display, to dispel any doubters that it actually existed.
Portland entered Orlando in ninth place in the West, three-and-a-half games behind Memphis. They claimed the eighth and final playoff spot with their strong 6–2 performance.
Ultimately the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers proved to be too much and eliminated the upstart Blazers from the postseason.
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— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) September 4, 2020