On February 8, Beijing time, NBA Famous Woj reported on the show: "At present, they (the Blazers) are actively listening to the trading offers about McCollum, and the Blazers will be very active before this year's trading deadline." Obviously, with the previous deal with the Clippers to send away Powell and Covington, now the team's second boss McCollum has also been officially put on the shelf of the deal by the Blazers management, and now it is up to which team can give enough trade chips to smoothly get McCollum, an active NBA star guard.
In fact, after the Blazers and Clippers completed the 2-for-4 trade operation, it was basically certain that the Blazers had officially given up this season. Now that the Blazers have started selling McCollum as the main star, it's clear that the team is now in the rebuilding phase, which also raises the question of how the Blazers will deal with team leader Lillard next. As a superstar in the league today, Lillard is undoubtedly the first guard star in the NBA, and once the Blazers really start to rebuild completely, Lillard is obviously unlikely to stay in such a team, so Lillard is likely to enter the trading market at that time.
So far this season, the Trail Blazers have only achieved a 21-33 record win rate in the NBA regular season, and are only 11th in the Western Conference, and now they are not even in the playoff-level ranking area. Not surprisingly, this season the Blazers will most likely miss the Western Playoffs, coupled with the dual-core lineup of Lillard and McCollum has not been able to lead the team further, the team only stays in the playoffs, and does not show the slightest possibility of winning the championship, so it seems reasonable for the team to choose to rebuild the lineup now.
It is worth mentioning that McCollum, who currently averaged 20.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, is also very popular in the trading market, and it is reported that the Knicks, Pelicans and other teams are interested in getting this NBA power star. There is a saying that if the Blazers are willing to accept Westbrook, then the Lakers can completely send Westbrook back to McCollum, but unfortunately, if it is normal, the Blazers management will never agree to such a transaction chip. As for which NBA team will be able to trade mcCollum smoothly in the end, we will also wait and see!