Portland’s season from hell continues, but the Trail Blazers have a prime opportunity amid the chaos.

On the latest episode of the Blazer Focused podcast, reporter Aaron Fentress and Joe Freeman agreed (gasp!) that this brutal season offers a chance the successful franchise hasn’t often had because of the brilliance of one Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard Sr.: Make the draft lottery.

On this episode they discussed:

• Is it even possible to save the season?
• Whether Dame is ready to sit now, given the ab injury’s seriousness
• The benefits of losing
• Trade options
• Anfernee and Nassir’s ongoing development

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