在凯文·杜兰特离开雷霆之后，拉塞尔·威斯布鲁克(很有可能)将被交易，否则下赛季结束时他将无缘无故离开雷霆。雷霆将寻找一个具有以下条件的交易伙伴:年轻的控卫，有明星和领导潜质，可以取代威少2。年轻的多能球员有机会获得公平的合同，最好是在SF/PF，来填补杜兰特和伊巴卡3号留下的空缺。两支球队都需要确认相关球员是否会为新球队续约，但开拓者可以比其他几乎所有的交易伙伴更好地满足上述要求:1。CJ麦科勒姆——他立即被安排到首发控卫位置，紧挨着奥拉迪波。他是一个有自己权利的领导者，并且会随着更多的使用和责任而不断成长。高诚信的家伙，可以信任的统治特许经营多年向前。他不是威少，但没有人是威少，他比今年雷霆可以交易的任何一个控卫都要好。2. "Chief" Aminu & Ed Davis - these guys signed bargain deals LAST summer at $7.5M and $6.5M, respectively. Following THIS summer's activity and considering their improvements last year, these two contracts should be extremely appealing to a team like OKC that could have trouble keeping players the next few years. Davis has 2 more years and Aminu has 3. Plus, both fill a need. Aminu slots in as the starting SF (the only SFs they have now are Kyle Singler and Josh Huestis...) and Davis is a versatile big that can start or come off the bench behind Adams and Kanter (assuming he destroys Nick Collison, Mitch McGary, and Ersan Ilyasova in practice). 3. We don't have much to offer by way of picks but certainly Paul Allen's money could be a cherry on top. I also have them giving us Young Sabas because, well duh. He wouldn't have a great shot with their lineup anyways beating out Adams, Davis, and Kanter (and the other 3 dudes). Would you make this offer to OKC if you're Neil Olshey? Assuming Westbrook agrees to an extension in Portland, are Russ/Dame significantly better than Dame/CJ? If we bring back our RFAs (Leonard, Crabbe, Harkless), would you be okay trading Aminu and Davis in order to upgrade the backcourt? I would. The goal is no longer to simply improve the team. The goal is to beat, or at least compete with, the new Golden State Warriors. What better way than to fire up Rip City than to hire his former comrade? PG: Dame/Napier SG: Westbrook/Crabbe SF: Turner/Harkless PF: Vonleh/Alexander C: Plumlee/Leonard