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A little over six years have passed since Neil Olshey took over as the Portland Trail Blazers General Manager. Has he made the most out of his draft picks? Let’s took a look back.

Neil Olshey has been the general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers for over six years. He has made a lot of questionable contract decisions in that period of time, but he has also made some great draft selections and pulled off a robbery by trading for Jusuf Nurkic.

Since the 2013-14 season, the Blazers have been at least a .500 basketball team, which is not an easy accomplishment in the Western Conference.

Although there have been some great selections, there have, of course, been some mistakes too. We are going to dive fully into every pick Olshey and the Blazers front office has made from 2012 to 2018 even the second round selections, and we are going to grade each selection individually.

First, let’s set some ground rules. I am not factoring contract decisions into my draft grades. If a player was overpaid after they played a few seasons with the team, that does not affect whether or not they were the right pick for the Blazers. I will acknowledge it though.

I am factoring in the strength of the draft to a degree. I will analyze that point further with each selection.

For example, selecting a player over DeMar DeRozan is more impactful than selecting a player over Dragan Bender. That is purely a hypothetical by the way.

However, I will primarily be judging the player’s individual impact for the team and how much value they contributed relative to their draft slot.

Without further ado, let’s get started.