Portland Trail Blazers’ offseason hopes could get boost from NBA draft lottery

The Portland Trail Blazers will pick in the 2022 NBA draft lottery on Tuesday at 5 p.m. PT on ESPN. Damian Lillard will represent the team at the lottery. The team finished with the sixth-worst record in NBA last season. This year's draft is considered to be very top-heavy. General manager Joe Cronin will evaluate the draft at a combine in Chicago on Wednesday. The Blazers lost out on two lottery picks when New Orleans reached the playoffs. They traded CJ McCollum to the Pelicans for a protected draft pick. It's possible the pick could be worth more than the other two.

Portland Trail Blazers are in the NBA draft lottery. They have 9% chance of getting into the top 4. The rest of the draft is adjusted based on win/loss record.

Portland Trail Blazers are hoping to land a star player in the NBA draft lottery. The most notable lottery moment in Blazers history came in 2007 when they moved up from the seventh-best position to No. 1. In 2005, in 2005 the Blazers traded back and took Martell Webster at No 6. The following year they entered the lottery with the best odds of landing the first pick (25%) but fell to 4. They traded for the rights to LaMarcus Aldridge and Tyrus Thomas. This year the team has a 1% chance of moving from No 10 to 1, but they didn't happen.