Personally, I think the Magic should trade Banchero straight up for Markannen. The Magic are playing noticeably better after Banchero went down but they could still use outside shooting. I think Banchero is shiny enough a bauble that Danny Ainge would go for it.
Personally, I think the Magic should trade Banchero straight up for Markannen. The Magic are playing noticeably better after Banchero went down but they could still use outside shooting. I think Banchero is shiny enough a bauble that Danny Ainge would go for it.
I don't think Orlando would do that. Lauri is terrific but is he a #1? He doesn't function with the ball in his hands, which is both great and not great. Paolo is a guy you can give the ball to to generate offense.
I don't think the Blazers can go all in with a team in disarray like it is now.
I realize he's a talented player, but I don't see that he elevates the Blazers enough to be a contender and they'd be adversely impacting their resources for a decade to find the pieces to put around him to be able to elevate the team?
All this probably would do is amount to flipping Markkanen to a contender in a few years and hoping the Blazers get back what they gave up to get him.