With the #7 pick, the Portland Trail Blazers select…

Jalen Duran

I’m not sure what exactly the Blazers are doing. The roster screams rebuild but they seem committed to keeping lillard and trying to win. One thing this roster clearly needs is defensive help, particularly on the wing but basically everywhere. I’m going to go with AJ Griffin as the pick here. There are mixed opinions on his long-term potential but at the very least he projects as a 3 and D guy with room to develop into something more.

There are the numerous swingmen at this level in the draft and the idea of getting someone to replace CJ McCollum long term would make sense but I feel frontcourt needs more depth. My initial thought was would Mark Williams be too much of a reach here and then I looked at site mock and saw next legit available big was Jalen Duren so I checked where he was on ESPN draft to see where they put him and huess what they have him at 7.

So anonther vote for Jalen Duren

Duren 3
Grffin 1

I’ll make things interesting here and go with Griffin.

Tari Eason. Solid defense. Versatile forward. Some prospects have got more upside, but he is a good fit. Duren is to raw for the Blazers. Griffin is to small for the Blazers need.

mathurin

Is this going to 5:30 am Pacific tomorrow since we are two picks ahead?
3 Duran
2 Griffin
1 Eason
1 Mathurin

There will be a wider spread of selections as we go down the draft so things should really get interesting.

As a Portland fan I want them to trade down but for the sake of the Mock Draft they should take Duran as the most of the wings available are too small.

Jalen Duran

Jalen Duren. Although the Blazers should take a different route with this one especially if they’re going after DeAndre Ayton

Well it isn’t going to be Davis, I promise you that. This is my squad, why I come here. If we keep this, it’s Griffin/Matthurin/Duren. I suspect they wish to trade down and keep a pick while also getting some other value in trade as a package.