Portland Blazers: Trade Rumors and Free Agency Plans for Damian Lillard and Franchise Development

In a few days the end of the season, sorry the Heat, in exactly eleven days the Draft, hello the Spurs, and in 25 days (July 6) the Free Agency, hello the Blazers. The Blazers who have a franchise player to satisfy and who would therefore activate to make the project something at least exciting.

After two extremely complicated seasons (27 and 33 wins), the Blazers are at a crossroads. Either the belly remains flaccid and apparent and the darling Damian Lillard takes his clicks, his clacks and his 50 million per season to go burn elsewhere, or the Portland project takes care of him a little and Dame tries it at home, once moreover. The latest local news? Lillard put a little pressure on his leaders … then he blew the name of the Heat in an interview and the whole Internet was on fire, so in Portland we are busy offering a nice picture to the star.

Among the solutions cited in recent days? Everything about the Blazers’ third draft pick. Brandon Miller or Scoot Henderson will fall with the 3rd pick, not sure for example that the Blazers are fully interested in the profile of the point guard, not sure either that Miller is the absolute priority… and it therefore reflects, very logically, on exchange – why not – this famous pick 3. Anfernee Simons is sometimes advertised as a potentially very useful currencyand in the other direction it is… Deandre Ayton who might interest the Blazers, they who for quite a few years have only been able to count on Jusuf Nurkic as a safe bet in the racket, nice and strong Jusuf eh, but not the first to be asked to teach us.

Deandre Ayton that the Blazers would therefore try to negotiate via a trade that would concern the 3rd pick and / or Anfernee Simons, and the second name mentioned in recent hours in Rip City is that of Jerami Grant, free agent this summer and that the Blazers would seek to re-sign, he who is to be credited with a big season (more than 20 pawns and very solid percentages, it defends, it attacks, it’s nice in the group and it gets along well with Damdam).

Damian Lillard and his suitcase of shots and snacks, Shaedon Sharpe and his potential, Jerami Grant as a useful soldier, and therefore this package made up of Simons and a very high pick to go shopping this summer. We don’t know what the future of the Blazers will be like, but there is… plenty to do. At work !