The NBA trade deadline is swiftly approaching and the Portland Trail Blazers have been mentioned in several rumors. History suggests that the franchise makes a move before the deadline, but a strategic one solving financial problems — not the blockbuster move to acquire a guy like Anthony Davis.
Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley sees the trade deadline as an opportunity for Portland to acquire an impact wing. Buckley tosses out Taurean Prince and Otto Porter Jr. as potential upgrades on the Blazers’ current wing duo of Al-Farouq Aminu and Moe Harkless:
The Blazers don’t have the trade capital to snag a star (sorry, AD dreamers!