Brooklyn Nets Receive: C Jusuf Nurkic, 2023 First-Round Pick (No. 3 – POR)
Portland Trail Blazers Receive: G/F Mikal Bridges
Is this the route we’d take if we were Portland? Not necessarily – but, maybe.
This will be the debate leading up to the draft. In fact, whatever Portland decides to do, it will be debated after the draft as well.
This team has been on the decline for years. Can the Blazers accumulate enough win-now talent to support Lillard with the third overall pick?
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Does bringing in Bridges make them title contenders?
If not, should they just pick the best player available and rebuild? So many questions, and yet, the answers are subjective.
Let’s try to justify this decision.