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Draft Night and Off Season Dream (never going to happen)

It's draft night, nearing the end of the first round when Adam Silver walks out...

Silver: There's been a trade...The Portland Trail Blazers trade ____ to the Detroit Pistons, along with Evan Turner and Jusuf Nurkic for Andre Drummond and the rights to _____.

Blazers fans everywhere rejoice and take to the streets as they know their third star has arrived. But the off season isn't over yet...

The Blazers new young core draws interest from free agents...Paul Milsap really wants to play for a contender in need of his services but still wants to be a starter. He sees Portland as the best option and considers their reasonable offer even though it's not a max deal. He's offered several contracts but ultimately takes Portland's. But first, in order to make the deal work the Blazers have to offload Crabbe's contract and luckily for them they find a trade that takes crabbe off their books and gives them a suitable asset on a smaller contract. After putting together a big 4, Veterans begin coming out of the woodwork and join on cheap contracts.

The Blazers enter the 2017-18 season with a starting lineup of Dame/CJ/Harkless/Milsap/Drummond. With a bench of Shabazz, Connaghton, Aminu, Vonleh, Meyers, Ed Davis, Layman, a couple vets and a new rookie.

Blazers finish season with the 3rd seed in the playoffs and go to the western conference finals for the first time since 1999-2000. They ultimately lose to the warriors in 7 games but the future of Portland looks bright.


...oh...did I type all that out? I thought I was daydreaming it...weird. Okay, people, disregard!