The NBA Draft Lottery was held Tuesday night in Chicago, meaning the order for the 2018 NBA Draft is now locked in. The Phoenix Suns, owners of the worst record in the NBA this season, got the top pick, while the Sacramento Kings, a team that finished in a tie for the sixth-worst record this season, beat the odds to get the second overall pick. The Hawks, Grizzlies and Mavericks round out the top five, respectively, followed by the Magic, Bulls, Cavs, Knicks, Sixers, Hornets, Clippers, Clippers and Nuggets. While none of this is all that applicable to the Trail Blazers, a team that owns the 24th overall pick, with the draft order now set, the pre-draft process is now in full swing. The NBA Combine, which is also being held in Chicago, runs from Wednesday through Sunday, after which players tend to participate in workouts put together by their agents before teams start holding their own workouts around the start of June. That part of the process goes on for a few weeks before the actual draft, which is scheduled for Thursday, June 21 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.It's possible there will be some news coming out of the combine, and we'll definitely have you covered when the team starts holding pre-draft workouts at their facility in Tualatin, but until then, here's the best guesses of the folks who follow the draft regarding what the Blazers might do with their lone pick in the 2018 Draft.
• Jonathan Givony at ESPN has the Trail Blazers selecting Boise State wing Chandler Hutchinson with the 24th overall pick...
• The folks at The Ringer, who have put together easily the most aestetically pleasing NBA Draft site, also have the Trail Blazers taking Hutchison...
• Jeremy Woo at SI.com has the Trail Blazers selecting Miami sophomore guard Bruce Brown...
• Ricky O'Donnell at SBNation.com has the Trail Blazers selecting USC guard De'Anthony Melton...
• Jeff Zillgitt, Sam Amick and Michael Singer over at USA Today also have the Trail Blazers selecting De'Anthony Melton...
• Gary Parrish at CBSSports.com has the Trail Blazers picking Hutchison out of Boise State...
• Jonathan Wasserman at Bleacher Report has the Trail Blazers selecting Boston College junior Jerome Robinson...