Portland Trail Blazers: 5 potential deals before 2018 NBA trade deadline
By Ty Delbridge
With less than a month away till the NBA Trade Deadline, the Portland Trail Blazers may be looking to make a move to bring in more talent to make a push for the Playoffs
The Portland Trail Blazers are currently 25-21 and are the sixth seed in the Western Conference. Portland is one game back from the fifth-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder and a half-game ahead of the seventh-seeded New Orleans Pelicans.
It’s a tight race in the Western Conference and if the Blazers want to secure their spot they are going to have to acquire more talent.
The NBA trade deadline is coming earlier this year as it falls on Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. ET. There are 18 more days for NBA teams to figure out their rosters and to make plans for the future.
A trade for the Blazers will depend on how they feel their team can compete in the Western Conference playoffs. It will also depend on how their recorded matches up with the teams around them.
If they want to make a push, they should go after one good guy who can help them win now. Here are five players the Blazers could target to help them make a push in this playoffs this season.