Los Angeles Clippers Receive: G Anfernee Simons, C Jusuf Nurkic, 2023 First-Round Pick (No. 3 – POR)
Portland Trail Blazers Receive: G/F Paul George
Yes, some secrets are impossible to keep. For example, if you’re tanking, everyone around the league is going to know.
You can’t exactly hide it. Teams around the league are incentivized to lose by the league’s lottery system. With that in mind, everyone knows what benefits a team is reaping by racking up losses.
The Blazers tanked their 2022-23 season once Damian Lillard got injured. Everybody knew it, too. In fact, it wasn’t the first time they’d done so.
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Last year, the Blazers tanked their season at the trade deadline. With that said, the Blazers can’t keep entering a season with competitive designs only to tank.
At some point, this organization has to pick a direction and commit to it.
Is this the right direction?