Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers has a lot of questions to answer this upcoming offseason and they will be looking to put together a competitive team in order to please Damian Lillard.
The Trail Blazers’ All-Star guard has been brought up in trade rumors on multiple occasions dating back to last offseason and if the Blazers do not get Lillard more help, he could ultimately look to finish his career elsewhere, which would be detrimental to this franchise.
Trading CJ McCollum, Robert Covington and Norman Powell at the trade deadline does not look like the Portland Trail Blazers are trying to help Damian Lillard, but they suddenly have some draft capital, as well as young talents to possibly deal away for upgrades around their roster.
Jusuf Nurkic will be a free agent in the offseason and while Trendon Watford and Drew Eubanks have played well for the Trail Blazers as of late, they have virtually no frontcourt depth on their roster entering the offseason.
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No matter what Portland decides to do with Jusuf Nurkic, they will still have some holes to fill at both the power-forward and center position, which is why they could look to inquire about Wendell Carter Jr.
He has proven to be a factor offensively in the low-post and with Carter emerging as a high-level double-double threat, he could be the perfect young talent for this team to add next to Damian Lillard.
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Not to mention, Wendell Carter Jr. is only owed $50 million over the next four seasons on an annual average value of $12.5 million, making him very affordable for the Portland Trail Blazers and a young talent that should surpass the value on his contract.
