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By Matt Hladik The Portland Trail Blazers are dipping into ESPN’s NBA Draft coverage to fill a prominent front office role. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Portland is hiring his colleague, NBA Draft analyst Mike Schmitz, as an assistant general manager. “Schmitz will play a significant role with new GM Joe Cronin in leading the Blazers’ domestic and international scouting departments,” Wojnarowski tweeted Thursday night. Schmitz has been with ESPN since July 2017, when the company hired him and Jonathan Givony, who had both previously ran DraftExpress.com. As part of his duties as a d…