The Portland Trail Blazers find themselves in an unenviable position given this summer’s trade saga featuring Damian Lillard.
Though, if there’s any consolation to not dealing picks at the 2023 NBA Draft, it’s that it has allowed them to build one of the league’s best young rosters. In ranking best “young cores” across the Association, Bleacher Report’s Dan Favale spoke fondly of what Portland has done as of late.
The barometers were simple: rosters were evaluated by how much under-age-23 talent they had. After considering the NBA’s best of the best when it came to young cores, Favale listed the Blazers at No.