When trade targets have been discussed in the past, I often advocated for the Portland Trail Blazers to try and acquire Hassan Whiteside from the Miami Heat. I loved how he put up numbers that did not look real at first glance: multiple double-digit blocks games, multiple 25+ rebound games, triple-doubles straight out of NBA 2K on rookie difficulty. I was happy when the Blazers made the move to acquire him to start while Jusuf Nurkic recovers.
When others maintained that Portland needed to move Whiteside before the deadline for a wing with a longer contract, I was against it.