The Portland Trail Blazers head into the 2018 NBA Draft with the 24th overall selection in the first round, but Beat Writer Joe Freeman of The Oregonian isn’t convinced that executing the pick is their best option. Participating in a Mock Draft headed up by the Boston Globe, Freeman selected Khyri Thomas from Creighton, but offered this paragraph in the midst of the proceedings:
The Blazers are in a place where they need to get older, not younger. So it seems to make the most sense that they look to trade their draft pick -- No.