At 9-20, the Portland Trail Blazers' 2024-25 tank is well underway. Still, the team could always do more to avoid winning this season, especially with the 7-21 Utah Jazz and the 5-25 New Orleans Pelicans (losers of seven straight) both also in the Western Conference, and clubs like the 7-22 Charlotte Hornets, 7-23 Toronto Raptors and 4-23 Washington Wizards stinking it up in the East.
Several Portland veterans might be better served helping contenders elsewhere, and while many have been floated in trade chatter already, Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin has yet to make a move.
But that's why we're here.