Let's be honest we all love that Dame is loyal. If your from a small market team you dream about that kind of loyalty. But we all hate to see him wasting his talent on a team that doesn't seem to get over the hump. Also teams are usually not loyal, if you offer enough they will consider it.

Magic give up a ton in this trade: multiple unprotected first round picks, expiring contracts the trailblazers can cut if they want to move on or keep for a year look at the player, some young players we really like (i'm looking at you Cole!) BUT if you want a star you will trade alot to get him.

The trailblazers don't even want to talk about this deal but they would be hard pressed to turn it down and the only team IMO that could offer better is OKC and they are so stingy I don't know if they would. Portland if they go full rebuild could shed 37 million dollars just in the magic players. If they like the players they could keep them with bird rights. Personally I would cut them and go full tank for a season.

Portland gets back a pick for this year and then has 2 the year after and so on with no protections until the farthest out pick.

The magic finish the year with a line up of: Dame / Fultz/ Franz / Paolo / WCJ and a bench of Suggs / Justise / Okeke / JI / Wagner. That is a deep team that can compete with anyone from night to night. If they don't win the chip it's because they are still new.