Trail Blazers Summer May Hinge on Single Lottery Event

The 2022 NBA Lottery Drawing takes place tomorrow. The Portland Trail Blazers have five months during the 2022-23 off-season to improve their team. They need to build around Damian Lillard. If they don't make unexpected moves, they have no cap space to sign free agents in July. They can generate cap room, but in order to do so, the team would need renounce or fail to pursue key players. Jusuf Nurkic is an unrestricted free agent, Anfernee Simons will enter restricted free agency, and Josh Hart has a non-guaranteed contract for next season.

Dave is looking forward to the upcoming season. Niall is not optimistic. The team has had mostly keeps.

The free agency pool is not that deep this year. Portland's position isn't strong.

The Portland Trail Blazers are hoping to get a lottery pick tomorrow night. They are looking for a player to improve their team. The team is struggling to win games. They have a lot of options, but the lottery is the only one that offers real improvement. It is not a sure thing, however. There are also other options for improvement, such as trades.