The Portland Trail Blazers enter the 2023-24 season with a brand new star point guard, a highly-touted center, a hyper-athletic roster, and almost no expectations for success. Over the summer, they acquired Scoot Henderson and Deandre Ayton, adding to their core trio of Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons, and Shaedon Sharpe. In the turnover, they lost perennial All-Star Damian Lillard and long-time pivot Jusuf Nurkic.
The new rotation is younger, designed to build towards the future. Most pundits thing the present will be bleak, sending Portland back to the NBA Lottery for the third year in a row.