If there is any bright side to all the angst surrounding the Portland Trail Blazers’ skid these past few weeks, it’s that it can breed some interesting trade scenarios to better the team. One such scenario was posed by Rip City Project reader, Sean McCartney.
In a message to us, he wrote:
“Trade Idea for Trevor Ariza… Maurice Harkless, Jake Layman (use the trade exception from the Vonleh deal). This does not get us under the luxury tax line, obviously but it settles a hot button minutes dispute, provides us with a player that actually DOES all of the things we expected Moe to do, adds a veteran winner to the locker room, removes one player from our bloated roster, gets money off the books next year, and provides a better bench rotation.