Clippers get: C.J. McCollum, Jusuf Nurkic
Blazers get: DeAndre Jordan
Another team that has attached their name to the DJ sweepstakes are the Portland Trail Blazers. Although Portland has one of the best guard duos in the week, it simply isn’t working. They can’t seem to ever get higher than the fifth seed, and it doesn’t appear that it’s going to change anytime soon. C.J. is under contract for three more seasons, making about $80 million. Obviously, there’s some work the Clippers will have to do there. Nurkic is still under contract for another year, and is a cheap option to fill in at center.
For Portland, this seems like a win-win scenario. Either they convince Jordan to re-sign and build around him and Lillard, or they let him walk, and have lots of cap room to go after other top tier talent.