The Trail Blazers didn’t get lucky at the 2022 NBA Draft Lottery, but they didn’t fall all that far back either.
Despite having the sixth-worst regular season record, the Trail Blazers came away from the Draft Lottery with the seventh overall pick. Portland will also have two second round picks, 36th and 57th, when the 2022 NBA Draft takes place on Thursday, June 23 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
At a 29.8 percent probability, the seventh overall pick was the most likely outcome for the Trail Blazers entering the Draft Lottery, though with a little over a 37 percent chance of getting either the first, second, third or fourth picks, the result of Tuesday’s draw felt like a disappointment for the team and their fans, especially after missing out on getting a second lottery pick this year when the Pelicans qualified for the postseason.