If I ran the Jazz:

[Utah]

I’d trade Favors, Exum, Hood for Lillard. Then some seconds for Deron Williams. 

Lillard, Hill, DWill, Hayward, Gobert, Joe Johnson, Burks, Lyles. 

That is easily the #3 team in the NBA and with Lillard, you can beat anyone on any day. 

Lillard, Gobert and Hayward is as good a top 3 as Utah will ever get. 

[Tacoma Ute]

Let’s do it! There’s already a report that the Jazz are trying to get DWill back.

[UtahUteGuy]

No chance.  Portland ain’t trading Lillard to a division rival.  Plus, all the Zoobs would complain that we got stupid Lillard and not Jimmer, who is tearing things up in China. 

[Utah]

I get it. Trading Dame to Utah is a big risk. BUT, they don’t get an offer as good as what I just offered them…from anyone. 

Favors is a borderline All Star when healthy. You sit Favors the rest of the year. Get him 100% healthy. Stretch him out. Let him know that you want him to be the MAN for PDX. Remind him, that if he sits out this year, then comes back next year and gets you 18-20 points a game, 9 rebs and 2 blocks, he’d get max money from someone. 

Hood is a solid starter and fits next to McCollum perfectly. 

Exum is showing flashes. Worst case scenario, he is McCollum’s backup for a long time. Best case? He finds his groove and becomes a really, really, really good player. 

Then, by trading Dame and sitting Favors the rest of this year, PDX will tank and tank hard. There is a shot you get a top 5 pick to go along with this haul as well. 

No other trade gives PDX as much value as this trade gives them. 

I’ll even sweeten the deal:

If I’m Utah, I take Lillard and Miles Leonard. That helps Portland get rid of a bad contract. I send them back Favors (borderline All Star if healthy, if not, he clears 11 million after next season), Hood (good starter), Exum (still has an amazingly high ceiling) and Diaw (can clear 7.5 million after this year). 

So, if you are Portland, by doing this trade, you have a kid with all star potential in Exum (who may or may not get there), a PF that is a borderline All Star who is a top 5 defensive big (Favors), a solid starter in Hood, AND you clear up 20 million dollars off your cap next season. 

Porland would be crazy to NOT make this trade. 

[TheJuggernaut]

Portland has made Lillard the face of their franchise, not to mention it looks like he’s going to be a superstar for the next decade plus. They’d need more than Favors/Exum/Hood to part with him.

[Utah]

Rumors are they are taking calls for Lillard. PDX feels that McCollum can be Lillard and McCollum is cheaper. 

Look at what Sac got for Cousins. I get that Cousins has issues, but so does Lillard. Lillard isn’t as bad as Cousins, but he isn’t Gordon Hayward either. 

I don’t see how PDX gets a better offer than Favors, Exum, Hood. I’d even toss in draft picks and help Portland clear cap space as well. 

[Utahute72]

That’s an awfully lot to give up.

[gUrthBrooks]

Not really. Favors health uncertainty and trending bad health along with Exum (Unknown) and Hood trending inconsistent health for a certain product in Lillard or even McCollum is worth it IMHO.

[TheJuggernaut]

The Jazz would take that trade in a second.

[Tacoma Ute]

Yep but I don’t see Portland even thinking about it.

[Utah]

BUT, and hear me out here, if Portland is going to move Lillard to rebuild, who gives them a better deal than that? One top 5 defensive big that can score 20 a night, a top 5 pick from two seasons ago, who still has a ton of potential, a solid starter in Hood, AND 20 million in cap space. 

Who beats that for Portland? 

[noneyadb]

This team just needs to stay healthy.

[Tacoma Ute]

Looks like the deadline has come and gone. Nothing happened.

[ironman1315]

I would have traded a first round pick and a second rounder for Delon.

[Tacoma Ute]

Mavs have told DWill that they will pay off the rest of his contract if he wants to be a free agent. He’s reportedly considering the Jazz, Cavs and Hawks.