2019-2020 Portland Trail Blazers Season Recap to date

2018-2019 Record                 Home Record               Road Record

        53-29                                     32-9                            21-20

2019-2020 Record                 Home Record               Road Record

         29-37                                     18-14                            11-23

Fun Facts for the season

-The Blazers saw their win percentage plummet from .646 to .439 and injuries to their starting lineup were a major reason why: Jusuf Nurkić (0 games played), Zach Collins (3 games played), Rodney Hood (21 games played)

-The Blazers have committed to their future in CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard as they are both under contract for a combined $302.73M ($75.68M average per season) through the 2023-24 campaign while Lillard has a player option of $54.25M for the 2024-25 season. Based on current salary cap projections, Lillard and McCollum will earn approximately .3459 percent of the cap in 2020-21, .4855 percent of the cap in 2021-22 and .6266 percent of the cap in 2022-23.

-Carmelo Anthony was able to return to the NBA with the Blazers this season due to the injuries discussed above and he performed well in points leagues as he produced 10th round value on the season

-Due to improved free throw shooting season over season (.449 on 3.4 attempts per game in 2018-19, .680 on 3.7 attempts per game in 2019-20), Hassan Whiteside became one of the biggest winners for fantasy GMs as he improved his value by seven rounds in 8/9-cat leagues and currently sits in the first round in 9-cat and the second round in 8-cat. Meanwhile, Whiteside was being drafted as an eighth round value according to Yahoo!

-The Blazers and the Lakers are the only teams to have two players inside the top-10 in terms of total value in both 8- and 9-cat leagues

-Trevor Ariza was able to re-establish himself as a fantasy asset in standard leagues since joining the Blazers in late January as he produced 7th/6th round per-game value in 21 appearances compared with 17th/15th round per-game value in 32 opportunities with the Kings

-Since the 2014 draft, the Blazers have only come away with seven draft picks and only three of those players have averaged more than 13 minutes per game with the Blazers: Anfernee Simons (18.1 mpg), Gary Trent (17.2 mpg) and Zach Collins (17.0 mpg)

For a closer look at how the season has gone, be sure to check out our Season So Far series. The Blazers’ entry can be found right here.

Rosterable in 12-team 8/9-cat leagues (per-game value)

-Damian Lillard (1st round/1st round)

-Hassan Whiteside (2nd round/1st round)

-CJ McCollum (5th round/6th round)

-Carmelo Anthony (11th round/12th round)

Showed flashes of fantasy value in 12-team 8/9-cat leagues (per-game value)

-Trevor Ariza (7th round/6th round with Blazers)

-Rodney Hood (12th round/11th round until Dec 5)

-Gary Trent (13th/10th round since Jan 18)

Rosterable in standard points leagues

(This is Yahoo’s standard scoring system, we’ll be using them as a reference for the rankings but obviously things will be different in your league if you use a custom scoring format or play on ESPN/CBS/Fantrax)

-Damian Lillard (1st round)

-Hassan Whiteside (2nd round)

-CJ McCollum (4th round)

-Carmelo Anthony (10th round)

Flashes of value in standard points leagues:

-Trevor Ariza (9th round since Feb 11)

Predicting standard league relevant players for 2020-21 season

-Damian Lillard(all formats)

-CJ McCollum (all formats)

-Hassan Whiteside (all formats)

-Jusuf Nurkić (all formats)

Potential for standard league value for 2020-21 season

-Trevor Ariza (all formats)

-Carmelo Anthony (points leagues)

-Gary Trent (9-cat)

-Anfernee Simons (points leagues)

-Zach Collins (8/9-cat)

Upcoming Notable Free Agents

-Hassan Whiteside (unrestricted)

-Trevor Ariza (team option of $12.8M in 2020-21, partially guaranteed of $1.8M)

-Rodney Hood (player option of $6M in 2020-21)

-Carmelo Anthony (unrestricted)

-Mario Hezonja (player option of $1.92M in 2020-21)

-Caleb Swanigan (unrestricted)

-Wenyen Gabriel (restricted)

Key Additions

-Jusuf Nurkić (return from injury)

-Carmelo Anthony (mid-season free agent signing)

-Trevor Ariza (acquired via trade)

-Wenyen Gabriel (acquired via trade)

-Caleb Swanigan (acquired via trade)

Key Departures

-Kent Bazemore (traded to Kings)

-Anthony Tolliver (traded to Kings)

-Skal Labissiere (traded to Hawks)

-Pau Gasol (waived)

Upcoming Draft Picks

-2020 first round pick

-2020 second round pick (protected 31-55)

-2021 first round pick

-2022 first round pick

-2022 second round pick