For Lillard's naming of wanting to join the Heat, according to the revelation of famous reporter Shams, the Blazers told the Heat to come up with the best offer; It's easy to understand that the Blazers want more in Lillard's trade. Therefore, if the Heat want to get Lillard, they must bleed heavily, there is no doubt about it. After all, this is a purely commercial organization, and any team must get the maximum return with the minimum effort, which is in line with the logic of businessmen. Similarly, the 76ers are bound to make a big fuss about Harden's trade in exchange for more lucrative returns.
As the most singing superstar in basketball and the supergiant who can play basketball in the singer industry, Lillard can be described as multiple identities. At the age of 33, time is running out for him to run for a championship, so we can understand why he is so anxious to trade him to a team like the Heat that can compete for a championship. However, once the Heat are unwilling to give away some heavyweight chips, the Blazers will not let Lillard go easily.
So does Lillard really have to join the Heat? In fact, as long as the conditions for the championship can be met, the author thinks Lillard can still be worth a try.
This doesn't? The famous American media "Bleachers" designed an epic "10-for-1" trade plan for the Celtics, and the specific transaction content is:
With Brogdon, Hauser, Cornet, Pritchard, Lowe, and 4 first-round picks as chips, get Damian Lillard, the super point guard;
The reason why I describe this deal as an epic operation plan is mainly because there are too many people involved, and once this deal can become a reality, it will inevitably change the pattern of the entire league, and instantly make the Celtics team on paper enough to match the Suns in the West. How does the deal affect the power of these two teams? Specifically, let's take a look and find out.
For the Blazers, the team did not send the No. 3 pick away to recruit Lillard's more effective assistant, which means that the team is about to enter a rebuild, which is why Lillard submitted a departure application to the team. In this deal, the Blazers will have to sacrifice Lillard, but can get multiple players and multiple first-round picks, giving the Blazers enough chips to rebuild.
It can be said that this deal will make the Blazers a big winner, and the rewards will be very rich, which can be described as offensive and defensive. After all, among the five players obtained, they can fully form a starting lineup, both inside and outside, and both offensive and defensive; Coupled with the Blazers' current roster, it will inevitably make the team's roster thickness even further, and the Blazers can almost complete the original rebuild. When the core structure is Simmons, Sharp, and Henderson Jr., combined with role players such as Brogdon, the strength of the Blazers cannot be underestimated.
As for the Celts? Although it came at the expense of Brogdon and a number of role players, this reinforcement made this team's starting lineup one of the best in the league. At this point, the Celtics can eliminate Lillard, Brown, Tatum, Horford, Porzingis and other lineups that not only have height but also size advantages, and are fully able to play offensive and defensive performance.
In the past two seasons, the Celtics have been very strong in the regular season, but in the playoffs they always feel that there are shortcomings.
In fact, we are also very clear, that is, the offensive ability in key moments is not stable enough, and there are certain flaws in dominating the ball, which is the deficiency of the double prospect Brown and Tatum. After the arrival of Lillard, this shortcoming will be completely solved, and there will be no problem with ball handling at key moments. Not only that, but Lillard's presence also gives this team more options; On nights when Brown and Tatum were out of line, Lillard was more than capable of stepping up and taking over the game, after all, he had proven it more than once with the Trail Blazers.
If this trade plan can really become a reality, the Celtics will be on the verge of winning the championship in the new season and becoming one of the most feared teams in the league offensively and defensively.