Phew, wasn’t this offseason a wild ride? Even outside of the Portland Trail Blazers media sphere, NBA news erupted and dominated headlines for weeks on end. When it was all said and done, this summer involved more big transactions than we’ve ever seen before and would make for one historic NBA offseason.
The 2019 NBA Draft probably gave us the first the signs this wasn’t any standard procedure. The draft lottery shook things up in a big way, sending the New Orleans Pelicans skyrocketing up the draft board to land the freshman phenom out of Duke — Zion Williamson.