If CJ were to be traded, who are we most likely to get?

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  1. Chris Craig

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    Where might CJ end up? Let's do a process of elimination and look at what teams have to offer to determine his most likely trade destination.

    30 Teams

    Minus Portland

    29 Teams

    We are already on the way

    TEAMS UNLIKELY TO BE A CJ DESTINATION

    BRK - Have big three already
    UTA - Blazers could interested in Clarkson, Bogdanovic, or Ingles. Don't see it happening.
    LAL - Wouldn't be able to offer enough to interest Blazers. Maybe Schroeder, Kuzma, or Caruso. But, it's the Lakers...we won't to help them get better...eww
    PHX - Already have Booker. Chris Paul will retire soon, but PHX won't want CJ with Booker. (Would Blazers be interested in Crowder, Payne, or Saric?)
    GSW - Already have Curry and Thompson. Could trade Draymond for CJ but I don't see it happening.
    OKC - Rebuilding with youth and the draft, not enough pieces outside of Gilgeous - Alexander or Dort to get Portland interested. Portland wants to trade for a forward or big to play with Dame and resign Powell.
    DET Pistons aren't trading Grant, the only player they have that Portland would interested in.
    CLE - Blazers won't trade for Love. More a chance he does a buyout and signs with Portland for cheap.
    ORL - They have nothing to interest Portland.
    MEM - Don't have a star level player to trade for. JJJ and Brooks are nice, but not enough to entice Portland...also they won't likely trade CJ for another guard.
    DAL - They only thing they have is Porzingis. Not happening.
    DEN - DEN won't be trading for CJ...they value defense
    CHI - Not going to trade LaVine or Vucevic for CJ
    CHA - Nothing to interest Blazers

    TEAMS CJ MIGHT GO TO:

    NYK -     Blazers could trade for young players (Quickley) and picks but need a star player to put next to Dame. NYK won't likely trade Randle for CJ
    LAC - The Clippers would have to send Paul George who does not get along with Dame. They aren't trading Kawhi. I don't see it happening.
    TOR - Blazers would love Siakam but TOR isn't going to trade him for CJ
    MIL - Bucks could trade Middleton or Gokiday to get CJ, but that wouldn't make Dame happy
    PHI - Simmons or Harris....looks like 76ers don't want to do that though
    SAC - Outside Hield they have nothing to offer Portland. Blazers don't likely want another guard in return for CJ.
    ATL - The Hawks have a lot of shooters like Galinari, Bogdanovic, and Snell to entice Portland. CJ with young though would create the same issues as there are Portland. CJ needs a place where he can be in charge.
    IND - Myles Turner, Domantas Sabonis, Caris Lavert, and Malcolm Brogdan are all names that would interest Portland. If Nurkic is truly ready to leave, a deal with IND could be had.

    TEAMS LIKELY TO LAND CJ

    MIN -     A trade involving KAT for CJ and perhaps Nurk would be exactly what the Blazers are looking for. Would Minn be interested in putting CJ with Edwards?

    BOS -     Players like Jaylen Brown or Marcus Smart could entice Portland. Putting Dame next to Brown would show they are serious about change for the better.

    NOP -     A deal involving Ingram for CJ would work for the Blazers.

    HOU -     Houston would have to be willing to move Christian Wood. It would probably also mean Portland taking on Eric Gordon's contract. But, it could happen.

    SAS -     Spurs are interested, but do Blazers want to move CJ for another guard in DeRozan? DeRozan could play the three.

    MIA - Jimmy Butler had a bad showing in the playoffs. Maybe MIA would be willing to part ways with him in a deal for CJ. Though CJ and Oladipo together? MIA might have 2nd and 3rd thoughts.

    WAS -     While the Blazers would like to get a non guard player in return for CJ, Beal could be an exception. He would bring similar size issues, but is a more explosive player than CJ who doesn't get lost so much on iso.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    It is if you want to keep Damian Lillard around
     
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    what makes you say that?

    one of the things that could very well have sunk in for Dame is that he and CJ will never make for a contender together. Blazers are just about certain to have to accomplish some addition by subtraction. They sure aren't trading CJ for a better player. The best they can hope for is a better fit. Even that might be too tall an order. They very well may have to parlay CJ into more tradable assets and look for a consolidation trade

    Portland has gone too far down the Dame/CJ road to simply make a quick turn into a better neighborhood. They'll probably have to spend a little time in reverse to get out of the cul-de-sac
     
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    Dame isn't going to be Happy about CJ being traded to begin with. The Blazers need to trade him for similar level player to put next to Dame. If they fail to do so, Dames Agent may convince him to ask for a trade out of Portland. Blazers need to keep Dame happy. I don't think that trade will suffice. It's go big or go home.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    They need to be creative with a CJ trade. It will need to be a three or four team deal, and likely it will just be breaking his contract down into smaller parts. I hope Dame keeps an open mind, because the chance of us getting a single player who is as good or better is nil. Well either way, with four years left he doesn’t have too much leverage, and I can’t see him sandbagging to get out. That would be really out of character for him.
     
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    again....Dame is not the GM and if the GM determines that CJ has to be moved, it may be that Dame will be OK with it

    everybody kept saying that Dame would be against Stotts being fired. He's was ok with that, although not happy. But that unhappiness started when he walked off the floor Thursday night. I think people are still being alarmist about Dame's reactions to changes

    If Portland can find a CJ trade that makes sense and Dame can't handle it, tell him to man-up and deal with it. What's he going to do? Boycott the team for 4 years and lose 200M dollars?
     
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    Saw this article with four possible trades for CJ - all look decent enough to me but I do not have the expertise and knowledge of others.

    https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/arti...35091221?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=flipboard

     
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    CJ, DJJ, and Simons to LAC for Paul George, Rajon Rondo and a pick sounds better
     
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    McCollum, Collins, DJJ and a pick for Pascal Siakam and Chris Boucher
     
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    I think you guys are setting yourselves up for disappointment with these names. CJs value is at an all time low. There’s a good chance he doesn’t get moved at all because there’s nothing out there.

    There’s also an argument to be made that the team is just better without him period, at least with Terry as the coach. Maybe under a new coach that holds him accountable this may he different. Maybe he even comes off the bench next year….
     
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    Too bad LAC won the series.
     
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    If they don't get out of the 2nd round again though are they still in the same boat
     
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    wut?...the Clippers have to send the pick to Portland?

    so, the Blazers get by far the best player in the trade who fits much better with Dame, the 3rd best player who plugs a glaring hole in the Blazer roster, and a draft pick

    why would the Clippers even listen to a proposal like that? They were watching the PDX/Den series and saw CJ play like re-fried owl-shit
     
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    All four if those are too good for Portland.... not realistic enough.

    I could possibly see something like the clippers deal.

    Toronto, Indiana & Milwaukee would laugh us off the phone. None are near being close.
     
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    I don't know what Toronto's plans are going forward but given the moves they've most recently made, I can see them letting Lowry go and pursuing younger pieces for Siakam. If that's the case, obviously they won't want CJ but I really think the Knicks do and if we sent everything we got from the Knicks, future draft considerations of our own and DJ (if Toronto is into him). Then I don't see why we couldn't land Siakam and Baynes.

    Dame, re-signed Norm, RoCo, Siakam, Nurk, Ant, Nas, Zach, Baynes and an Elfrid Payton signed with the tax payers MLE
     
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    It feels like some of you are really overvaluing CJ
     
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    I don't think so. I think Neil's job in on the line - he has 1 year. If things aren't moving in the right direction, he'll be out.
     
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    not as much as the guy in the GM's office
     
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