The Trail Blazers are headed towards next month’s trade deadline with a limited amount of flexibility according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks. On Thursday, Marks provided a rundown of the options that each team has as the deadline approaches. For the Blazers, Marks pointed to Portland’s established pillars and meager trade assets outside of that group.
In his analysis of the Blazers’ trade assets, Marks explained that Portland’s options are thin once you get past Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic.
Damian Lillard is not going anywhere, and his backcourt companion CJ McCollum was playing like an All-Star before suffering a stress fracture in his left foot in mid-January.