New 2025 NBA Mock Draft Sees Blazers Land Scoring SEC Forward

The Portland Trail Blazers continue to put together the best season that they possibly can. Portland has looked much better this year, especially over the past few weeks and it has vaulted them toward playoff contention.

However, the team still remains five games back of the final Play-In spot within the Western Conference standings. At this point, it's unlikely that the Trail Blazers will be able to reach the playoffs but the team will still compete nonetheless.

Many fans have been putting the focus on the upcoming NBA Draft as Portland could potentially have a high draft pick. Duke star forward Cooper Flagg is the prize of this year's draft class but Portland may have won too much this season to have a realistic chance to land him.

However, just last season, the Atlanta Hawks had poor odds and ended up landing the first overall pick. So anything can happen.

But in a new mock draft, the Trail Blazers don't land Flagg but they do get a nice scoring win from the SEC Conference. That would be Collin Murray-Boyles from the South Carolina Gamecocks.

In this mock, Portland holds the No. 9 overall pick in the first round and it lands them to draft Murray-Boyles. This would be a good pick for the Trail Blazers in this spot as Murray-Boyles could give them a legitimate scoring wing to pair with their other young players.

The sophomore forward has averaged 15.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game this season for South Carolina. The wing is also shooting 57.3 percent from the field this year.