In a fresh mock draft, Jonathan Wasserman of Bleacher Report thinks that the Trail Blazers will draft another Weber State product, this time 6-foot-6 small forward Dillon Jones, with the No. 34 pick, plus UCLA Bruins power/forward center Adem Bona, a two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Teamer and a 2024 All-Pac-12 honoree, using its No. 40 pick.

With the fourth-best NBA draft lottery odds the Blazers need to look at players with length who can help Scoot Henderson develop.

The 2024 NBA draft lottery is less than two weeks away on May 12, which means the Oklahoma City Thunder will soon learn where their top-four protected first-round pick via the Houston Rockets will land.

Just one year into their rebuild, the Portland Trail Blazers have yet to confirm much about their future. Scoot Henderson, despite a solid end to the season, had his fair share of rookie woes. And the rest of the young group felt somewhat disjointed as a whole.

Two University of Dayton men’s basketball players are on the NBA’s list of early-entry candidates for the 2024 NBA Draft.