Trail Blazers lose a 2022 draft pick with Pelicans play-in win. What now?

The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday evening to earn the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. It was bad news for the Portland Trail Blazers who saw their chance at a 2022 lottery pick disappear when New Orleans made the playoffs.

It was a bad day to cap off a bad season for the Trail Blazers. Yuck. It's worth unpacking how the franchise ended up here and how and for what GM Joe Cronin deserves blame. Get your pitchforks ready and walk through the logic of how Portland's offseason plan was blown up entirely in a matter of days.

Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz

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