The Portland Trail Blazers coveted Deandre Ayton long before the team traded for him back in October in the three-team Damian Lillard deal.
However, Bleacher Report’s Andy Bailey is already ending the marriage after just one season in his latest mock trade proposal. In the deal, the Blazers send Ayton to the Pistons for Evan Fournier and a 2030 first-round pick.
For the Portland Trail Blazers, this deal would be about continuing the teardown that they started with last summer’s Damian Lillard trade. The Blazers don’t have a single player on their current roster who’s guaranteed to become a star, so they should still be aiming to turn Ayton, Malcolm Brogdon and Jerami Grant into as much future draft capital as possible.