The question is, how many teams pair a small and/or defensively-challenged point guard with a small and defensively-challenged shooting guard? The problem is not Lillard himself or McCollum himself but, rather, trying to build around the two of them in tandem.
Everything should be considered, but I don't think Allen or maybe Olshey have the intestinal fortitude to do something that daring or bold. I suspect they'll cling to the hope that Cj and Dame can play together for too long, which will ultimately reduce their value around the league. At some point I expect the Blazers will finally decide to move one of them and be lucky to get ¢50 on the dollar -- if history is any guide.
We need a bigger 2 guard with handles. Sometimes you got to do unpopular trade to move two step backward so you can move foward.
Turner can fill that role at least temporarily for testing purposes. Yes, it would be nice if he had a better outside shot, but it would be interesting to see him play with CJ, Crabbe, Harkless/Vonleh, Leonard. Maybe it wouldn't matter.
Or, 21st best in the league, with only two of the top 20 on the same team. So, he's basically bottom third of the league in terms of starting rim-protectors. If you look at block %, he's down at 42nd in the league amongst players with 250 minutes played or more, and that's by far the best on the team (the next 4 are Harkless, Vonleh, Davis, and Leonard at 77, 80, 84, and 100 respectively). Not an impressive group.
Already did and if we keep both draft pick he could to us at 27. He actually Olshey type of player he is as 4 years of college.
No. Not that it would be a bad move - it may very well work out in our favor given (a) the number of really good PGs in the league at the moment, and (b) all of the supposedly very good PGs in this draft. But the optics would be terrible for the Blazers - it would be seen as trading the face of the franchise, and arguably the best player we've had since the Sheed/Sabas/Pippen era, for a limited and oft-injured center. However, if you swapped Simmons for Noel I'd do it - wings are not only at a premium at the moment, but historically have been the most important players in the NBA. The optics would still look bad, but the potential upside outweighs that IMO.
