Most NBA observers expect both the Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers to field as competitive teams as they can in 2022-23. Both are expected to be led by a dynamic playmaker. That’s roughly where the similarities between their positions end.

Nobody would deny that the Mavericks ought to go all-in next season. They just made a trip to the Western Conference Finals, and Luka Doncic is 23.

On the other hand, many would advocate for the Blazers dealing Lillard in an effort to rebuild. At 31, he may have taken this team as far as it’s going to go under his watch.

By all appearances, Lillard is set on sticking it out with the only NBA franchise he’s ever known. Notoriously, he doesn’t seem ready to “run from the grind”.

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That’s fair enough, but if he’d like to win an NBA championship over the course of his career, he may want to consider whether that’s a realistic goal in Rip City.

The organization might want to consider the same. If they do decide to start over, here are three trades that send Lillard to the Dallas Mavericks.