The NBA draft lottery came and went on Sunday, evoking an unfamiliar response in Portland. Silence. As a result of their first playoff berth since 2020, the Portland Trail Blazers were not a part of the lottery for the first time in six years.

If that’s the case, the current lottery format could go out with a bang today as a talent-rich draft class awaits, including BYU’s AJ Dybantsa, Duke’s Cameron Boozer, Kansas’ Darryn Peterson and North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson, all offering superstar potential at the top of the draft.

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The NBA draft class of 2026, in his mind, is one of the best in the history of the league. And nobody has even been drafted yet. If there is one characteristic that the players expected to be at the very top of next month’s draft share,