The Trail Blazers have paid plenty of attention to names like Kevin Durant, Rudy Gobert and the numerous other stars involved in blockbuster trades over recent years in the NBA. More specifically, they’ve kept an eye on the massive draft capital and other assets sent back in exchange for these names, and now it seems Portland wants in on that action as Damian Lillard trade talks swirl.
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski broke down the situation on SportsCenter, and explained that the Blazers “imagine” a trade haul similar to returns the Nets got for Durant and the Jazz for Rudy Gobert.
"So what is incumbent on Portland now is to go out in the marketplace and find someone who will offer them more. That's what they're trying to do now. They see a player of Damian Lillard's stature, All-NBA player, 32 years old and they look at what the Nets got for Kevin Durant. They look at Rudy Gobert in Minnesota. They see those kinds of returns. That's what they imagine for Damian Lillard," Wojnarowski explained.
