The debate of the week surrounding the Portland Trail Blazers—here at Blazer’s Edge and across radio and internet waves nationwide—has surrounded potential trades during the upcoming draft season. The Blazers own the seventh pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. They have the ability to create cap space and they hold couple shiny trade exceptions. That combination of options leaves them in conversations for trades, sign-and-trades, draft wiggles, and just about every kind of possibility imaginable.
As we take stock at the end of the week, we’re no closer to a solution. Some options seem more promising than others, but none is a one-shot quick fix to Portland’s problems.