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@ripcityproject should portland trade Batum for a pick or for a player? I’d like Ariza for him. But wouldn’t want to banish him to rockets
— dpedersen (@duanepedersen) May 27, 2015
If the Portland Trail Blazers believe that they have a shot to contend in 2015-16, they have little incentive to trade Nicolas Batum. However; for the sake of fleshing out an argument in favor of trade, we can explore a scenario in which the Trail Blazers would potentially swap him out, and what they could expect to receive in return.