It seems a matter of when, not if, the Portland Trail Blazers deal the No. 3 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft for win-now help. There are plenty of rumored deals floating around already, but there are also a handful of unlikely Blazers trades involving that selection that will almost certainly never come to fruition.
But what if some of them did? What if Portland somehow, miraculously, pulled off a deal to land one of the best players in the entire NBA? We’re not talking Pascal Siakam, Mikal Bridges, or Jaylen Brown here.