Indiana Pacers Receive: C Jusuf Nurkic, G/F Keon Johnson, 2025 First-Round Pick (POR) 

Portland Trail Blazers Receive: C Myles Turner 

In many ways, these teams are mirror images of each other. The Blazers are the Pacers of the West, and vice versa. 

It may be that market size plays a role in their decision-making. Smaller market teams like these don’t often undergo long-term rebuilding projects. They simply can’t afford to. 

Sometimes, that costs them opportunities. Many fans have wanted the Blazers to move Damian Lillard for quite some time.

The organization doesn’t appear to intend to do so – and soon, his trade value will drop. 

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On the other hand, the Pacers made a rebuilding move last season. Sort of. Instead of trading Domantas Sabonis for a haul of draft picks, they opted to move him for a younger star in Tyrese Haliburton. 

Should they continue down that rebuilding path?