A pair of young Portland Trail Blazers contributors are considered some of the more slept-on players in the league! In a new anonymous poll, The Athletic's Sam Amick and Josh Robbins quizzed 142 active NBA players between March and April of this year about an expansive variety of topics.

The Portland Trail Blazers officially have a 13.2% chance of receiving the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NBA draft after the league held random drawings Monday to break six ties in the league’s overall standings. The drawings were conducted by NBA President of League Operations Byron Spruell at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey.

The unfaltering commitment of the Portland Trail Blazers to Chauncey Billups' vision as a head coach remains undeterred, despite the enigmatic nature of its materialization. Billups' illustrious career with the Detroit Pistons, elevated by his Hall of Fame status, provides a bedrock of hope, if unproven coaching prowess.