The Portland Trail Blazers entered the 2025 NBA Draft with the No. 11 overall pick after losing the tiebreaker coin flip to the Phoenix Suns. But they fell back even further on draft night, this time of their own accord. Portland sent the No. 11 pick (Cedric Coward) to Memphis for their No. 16 pick, a 2028 first-round pick (via Orlando), and two second-round picks.
With the Grizzlies' pick, the Blazers and general manager Joe Cronin shocked the NBA world with the most surprising selection of the entire draft, taking center Yang Hansen.
Portland didn't have a second-round pick this year, but they immediately made up for that following the draft, signing Caleb Love out of Arizona. And the Blazers weren't done there as they continued building out their roster just hours later.
Portland Trail Blazers 2025 undrafted free agent signings
- Caleb Love, G, Arizona (Two-way contract)
- Sean Pedulla, G, Ole Miss (Exhibit 10 contract)
- Andrew Carr, F/C, Kentucky (Exhibit 10 contract)
Caleb Love
Love has been one of the best scorers in all of college basketball for quite some time. This past season, he averaged 17.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.2 steals on 40/34/89 shooting splits. He needs to improve his efficiency, but things should open up for him at the next level, with defenses no longer zeroing in on him.
Love will provide Portland with much-needed scoring, and even better, he’s NBA-ready. He could quietly become a contributor as the Blazers look to end a four-year playoff drought.
Sean Pedulla
Portland added another productive college guard in 22-year-old Sean Pedulla out of Ole Miss, who spent three years at Virginia Tech before transferring. He's a crafty guard who shot 39.2 percent from beyond the arc this past season on high volume at 6.2 attempts per game.
His physical tools are the glaring flaw in Pedulla as a prospect -- he's undersized at 6-foot-1 with a 6-foot-2 wingspan. But didn't we just watch T.J. McConnell absolutely carve up a historic Oklahoma City Thunder defense in the Finals?
After trading for a declining Jrue Holiday, the Blazers still need to find a long-term backup point guard solution. There's at least a slim chance Pedulla becomes that, and it's certainly worth exploring for Portland.
Andrew Carr
Andrew Carr is yet another senior that Portland will be bringing in. He's best utilized as a stretch four as he shot 34.0 percent from three and 74.6 percent from the charity stripe throughout his collegiate career. Defensively, he's versatile as well, which is something that the Blazers have prioritized the past few seasons with their trades for Deni Avdija and Toumani Camara.
While Carr's 10.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game at 23 years old don't exactly inspire confidence in his upside at the next level, there's value in adding these high-IQ players whose roles don't need to change once they get there. Portland has a logjam at center after selecting Hansen, but they still need to address their four spot, especially if Cronin magically finds a way to offload Jerami Grant.
The Blazers now have Love and Sidy Cissoko, who they added last season, as their two-way contracts. The plan is for both Love and Cissoko to play in next month's Summer League, according to Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report. Portland has one final two-way spot remaining now that Justin Minaya and Bryce McGowens are free agents.