On the final day of 2024, let’s take a look back at the stories that defined the Portland Trail Blazers this year. As a team who has been rebuilding for multiple seasons, “major stories” are relative; there are no truly giant stories involving the Blazers this year. Nonetheless, a few memorable things happened along the way. These were the biggest stories.
Blazers Pick Donovan Clingan in the NBA Draft
The Blazers were linked with Clingan so many times in the month prior to the draft, that it may have been the volatile draft’s only foregone conclusion when Donovan was still available at the 7th pick.