It is two weeks into the season, and things are starting to smooth out for many teams, but the Portland Trail Blazers have been struggling to string things together. Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report suggests that a big-time trade for James Harden could improve the roster, but the Blazers would have to include CJ McCollum in the deal.
A Harden-Damian Lillard backcourt might be the Lillard-McCollum pairing on steroids. The defense might still be disastrous—though Robert Covington, Derrick Jones Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic would still be around to help stop the bleeding—but the offensive fireworks would be magnificent.