As the end of the decade approaches, I decided to take a look at the last 10 years of draft night for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Regardless of if you choose to call Portland’s drafting history bad luck or poor decision making, it is no secret around the NBA that the Blazers have experienced numerous bad beats when selecting players.
Selecting Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan is perhaps the most famous mistake; Hakeem Olajuwon and Charles Barkley were also drafted in the top 5 in 1984, but the Blazers were left with all-time bust Bowie.