The Trail Blazers are one of the most active teams in the league before this year's trade deadline, with management sending off multiple rotating players and hoping to continue building a lineup around Damian Lillard in the offseason.
During this time, the Blazers sent away core players such as CJ McCollum, Larry Nance Jr., Robert Covington and Norman Powell and released a large number of salary caps. And after getting multiple first-round picks and enough salary space in those deals, the Blazers seem likely to have the possibility of upgrading the lineup in the offseason.
But in fact, the current Blazers estimate that it is difficult to build a competitive lineup around Lillard, in contrast, Lillard's trade requirements and joining a more competitive team would be a better choice. So if Lillard finally makes a trade request, which teams will be the best fit for Lillard? The US media Kenneth Tip listed the following three teams:
3. Knicks
It's no secret that the Knicks want to reinforce an All-Star player, especially as they finished 4th in the East last season and return to the playoffs. In the squad, Julius Randall is already an all-star player, and RJ Barrett can also show talent very well, but they do lack a player who can lead the team forward this season.
Because of this, the Knicks desperately need point guard players like Damien Lillard, and if the Blazers want to fully enter the rebuilding phase, the Knicks can send some young players as trading assets. At least in the Knicks squad and partnering Randle and RJ Barrett, this will give Lillard a better chance of impacting the championship.
2. Wizards
At present, the Wizards are the team with Porzingis and Beal, although it is true that the Wizards have not been able to perform well enough so far this season, but if they can get players like Damian Lillard, this Wizards may become a team with more expectations.
1. Celtic
The Celtics are still a team that builds a roster around Tatum and Jaylen Brown, but many people think that the Celtics will only have the possibility of moving forward if the duo breaks up.
If the Celtics had pushed for a deal involving Lillard in the case of a delivery of Jaylen Brown, they could undoubtedly be a better competitive team after building the duo of Tatum and Lillard.