What about BI and a couple picks for Jerami Grant and Timelord?

Windhorst said that the Blazers have made Timelord available. There isn’t a neat trade we can make for him alone unless we give up way more young players than we’d like, but if we attach a couple of picks we may be able to get Jerami Grant as well and get them to take BI.

Jerami is maybe worth a couple of picks on his own but I’m not sure if the Blazers can get more than one pick for Timelord given his injury history. So if we give them 2 first rounders + Missi who is basically a first rounder then I think that is an enticing return for two players that aren’t in the Blazers long term plans.

I don’t think the Blazers would have an issue taking BI in this case because he’s only under contract for one year and they might be able to move him at the deadline for more assets, even if they can’t I think that BI won’t make them good enough to compete in this loaded western conference so they can probably still find a way to tank even with BI

Now, does this trade make us better? I think despite BI’s talent, this certainly makes the roster make a lot more sense. While it has been a while since Grant’s Denver days he displayed way more ability as an off ball spacer and defensive role player there than BI has ever displayed. I think Jerami would be a much easier fit along Zion even if he isn’t nearly as talented as BI.

Then we get Timelord who while he has had injury issues, if he’s healthy he would be a way better defensive option at Center than anyone we currently have. Even if Timelord gets injured I don’t think it’s a big deal to include Missi in this because I don’t expect Missi to be ready to contribute anyway.

JRE is included here for salary reasons