The Trail Blazers have selected players in the late first round of the last three NBA drafts. In all three cases, the selected players experienced significant declines from their recruiting class rankings to their actual spots in the draft.
Caleb Swanigan, for example, was the 16th ranked high schooler in the 2015 class, but slipped 10 spots to the No. 26 pick when the Blazers drafted him in 2017. More dramatically, Nassir Little dropped from the third ranked recruit to the 25th overall pick and Anfernee Simons dropped from a No.