When opportunity knocks, it’s best to answer. After all, an opportunity is not known to be a lengthy visitor. That applies to an NBA team as much as anyone else.
For example, if you have a star player on your roster, you’d better surround them with quality supporting players. Otherwise, you’re likely to waste their talents.
Some would suggest that the Portland Trail Blazers are a perfect example. They’ve had Damian Lillard on their roster for 9 years and advanced to the Western Conference Finals just once.
Yes, Lillard has had some talent alongside him in Portland. On the other hand, the best teammate he ever had was CJ McCollum.
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The tandem was always problematic: both were score-first guards, and more troublingly, both were undersized. Scoring on the Blazers was never difficult with such a weak point of attack.
At last year’s trade deadline, the Blazers moved McCollum. his summer, they took further steps to get Lillard the help he needs by bringing in Jerami Grant.
With that said, if that doesn’t end up looking like enough, here’s a deal that has them landing DeMar DeRozan of the Chicago Bulls.