This Blazers offseason is by far the most important in franchise history, being pretty much the last chance to build a playoff caliber team around Daminan Lillard. As most Blazers fans know Joe Cronin has made it clear in interviews that he hopes to instantly return back to contending after this injured riddled offseason. Going all the way could permanently damage the Blazers future but not going hard enough could stress the relationship between Dame and the organization. Joe Croin came to this job with a dumpster fire and now he is tasked with walking a thin line of building the future and winning now with Dame. These trades and signings are pretty unrealistic but fit in a bit of what I want all other Blazers fans want. For those die hard Jerami Grant lovers we aquire Jerami Grant for a reasonable package, for the Ayton lovers we aquire him and don't give anything else in the deal as the Suns have little leverage if Deandre Ayton doesn't want to come back. Finally for the fans that want to build the future we keep the 7th overall pick, giving us a top tier player from the draft or more oppurtunities for future drafts. Don't be angry Blazers nation, I'm still sad about Paolo and Jabari. :(

Explaining of Blazers signings:

Joe Ingles: Joe Ingles might not have a huge market this year as an old already unathletic vet coming off a serious injury, so the Blazers could resign him on a vet's minimum.

Kyle Anderson: Mo Bamba and Kyle Anderson are both fine choices for the Blazers' MLE but I'm not sure how much Mamba would be on the market this year and although height would be nice I'm not sure if he would want to fit into the MLE price.

Anfernee Simons: Anything under 20 million for Anfernee Simons is a pretty good deal considering just how good he was in year 4.

Check out LeBronJames’ trade, quite similar to mine and has takes from other teams in it: https://fanspo.com/nba/s/general/trades/PzlH_JqFDcymxw/blazers-build-a-big-3