The Portland Trail Blazers seems to be an remodeling: The franchise sends Damian Lillards longtime backcourt partner C.J. McCollum in a trade to New Orleans.
Since 2013, Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum teammates have been with the Portland Trail Blazers, while they formed one of the basket-ferreless backcourts of the league. Now the Guard Duo is torn apart - the blazers are troad according to Adrian Wojnarowski McCollum.
Accordingly, C.J. McCollum along with Larry Nance Jr. and Tony Snell to the New Orleans Pelicans. In return, the Blazers Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky, Nickil Alexander-Walker and Didi Louzada and a protected round-round pick and two two-round picks.
A conversion had been indicated in Portland: a few days before, the franchise contacted on a trade, the Norman Powell and Robert Covington sends to the Los Angeles Clippers. In the offseason there had already been rumors around Damian Lillard. The Point Guard has not completed a game in this calendar year, as he had to operate on the belly.
With Lillard and McCollum in the Backcourt, the Blazers had reached the playoffs eight times in a row, the Conference Finals did not go out for the franchise. The blazers were defensively with that team in the backcourt as prone.
Which future players from New Orleans will have the Blazers remains to be seen: The Tomas Satoransky's Treaty runs after this season, the Treaty of Josh Hart is only partially guaranteed for the playing time 2022/23. A building block for the future is meaning simons. In the past 18 games, in which Simons has moved to the starting formation, the 22-year-old Guard sets up 22.4 points and 6.1 assists.
Both the blazers and the Pelicans fight for the playoff collection, the Pelicans had the last ticket with a balance sheet of 21 wins and 32 defeats, which is entitled for the play-in tournament - just before the blazers (21-33 ). McCollum is intended to revive the Pelicans offensive with its scoring qualities (in the seventh year in a row over 20.0 ppg; 38.4% 3fg at 8.0 3FGA). At the offensive rating, the franchise is currently ranking only on the 23rd place.
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