Chicago Bulls: 3 potential trades with Portland Trail Blazers
By Ryan Heckman
Trade No. 1
The deals start out with a bang. For a while now, I have seen folks talking about the need to trade CJ McCollum for positional need. Portland has a dynamic back court, for sure. However, they lack serious depth at the forward spots.
One of the weaknesses for Portland has been their lack of wing depth, thus the signing of Carmelo Anthony — who balled out on many occasions and proved he still had some left in the tank. Adding Porter, for one year, would give them an idea of what a true scoring wing would look like in their offense.
Additionally, Hassan Whiteside is a free agent and they can move forward with Jusuf Nurkic as their main man down low. Instead of toying with starting them both, the Blazers would now have Markkanen who is more of a true four.
The only question from here on out is, what do the Bulls do with their guard situation? Do they play LaVine or McCollum at the point and bring White off the bench, pushing Tomas Satoransky back on the depth chart? Or, does this mean they’re not done dealing yet? The intrigue would be wild.