Why The Portland Trail Blazers Do The Deal
Yes. The Blazers wouldn’t trade Simons for Hield. Simons is substantially younger, and he’s more talented. That’s why the Blazers get two unprotected first-round picks here.
We’re just not expecting them to use them in the draft. In all likelihood, they’d use these picks in a trade to land another win-now player shortly after.
With that in mind, flipping Simons for Hield makes sense. After all, Simons may be a more dynamic on-ball creator, but Hield is one of the best off-ball players in the NBA.
He’s likely a better complement to Damian Lillard.
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If the Blazers can parlay this trade into another trade that has them landing an impact starter, they should be a better team next year.
What does this deal do for the Pacers?
