Of 11 rebuilding NBA teams, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps (subscription needed) ranked the Portland Trail Blazers 10th. The rankings were based on each teams’ “rebuilding strategy and path to contention,” and was not a judgement of the teams’ current rosters:
The strategy: Since moving on from Damian Lillard 18 months ago, it has been difficult to discern the overall strategy for Portland, especially after a 21-61 season to kick off the post-Lillard era. The Blazers got a haul of draft picks and players back in the Lillard and Jrue Holiday deals and they added promising young forward Toumani Camara from the Phoenix Suns as part of the price of getting Deandre Ayton out of Phoenix.