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2014 NBA Draft: Grading each team’s draft

By Brad Rowland

Jun 26, 2014; Brooklyn, NY, USA; A general view as basketball fans walk past a sculpture before the 2014 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 26, 2014; Brooklyn, NY, USA; A general view as basketball fans walk past a sculpture before the 2014 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 17, 2013; Cleveland, OH, USA; Portland Trail Blazers power forward LaMarcus Aldridge (right) celebrates with point guard Damian Lillard (0) after Lillard
Dec 17, 2013; Cleveland, OH, USA; Portland Trail Blazers power forward LaMarcus Aldridge (right) celebrates with point guard Damian Lillard (0) after Lillard /

Portland Trail Blazers

The Blazers were one of the few teams that did not end up making a selection in this year’s NBA Draft. Fortunately for Portland fans, they have a budding nucleus of talent with LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard, Nic Batum and even 2013 first-rounder CJ McCollum, and there are no real holes to fill as they enter the 2014-2015 season.

It is never a “good” thing to leave a draft without adding any talent to the roster, but Blazers fans were surely okay with their success in 2013-2014, and that was a product of leveraging the future a bit from a perspective of draft picks.

Grade: Incomplete

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