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NBA Trade Deadline 2020: The 30-team mega-deal that solves nothing and makes everyone mad

By Ian Levy

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 13: Kevin Love #0 of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Collin Sexton #2 high five during the game against the Los Angeles Lakers on January 13, 2020 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE (Photo by Chris Elise/NBAE via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 13: Kevin Love #0 of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Collin Sexton #2 high five during the game against the Los Angeles Lakers on January 13, 2020 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE (Photo by Chris Elise/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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CLEVELAND, OH – JANUARY 28: Kevin Love #0 of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks on before the game against the New Orleans Pelicans on January 28, 2020 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE (Photo by David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH – JANUARY 28: Kevin Love #0 of the Cleveland Cavaliers looks on before the game against the New Orleans Pelicans on January 28, 2020 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE (Photo by David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Portland Trail Blazers

Sending out: Jusuf Nurkic (OKC), Trevor Ariza (CHI), Mario Hezonja (CHI), Gary Trent Jr. (PHX), Nassir Little (ORL), 2022 second-round pick (TOR)

Bringing in: Kevin Love (CLE), Jonah Bolden (PHI), Garrett Temple (BRK)

The treadmill of a-little-better-than-mediocrity that the Trail Blazers have gotten themselves onto is clearly broken, locked into a full spring. They are fully committed. The only choice is to keep running until you can’t run anymore or faceplant and take the pain as they go rocketing backward into the cement wall. They’re getting tired but this trade could give them enough energy to finish the season.

Who knows what Nurkic will be when he returns from injury and nothing else here they’re sending out is worth risking a treadmill-related catastrophe. Kevin Love might make them one of the worst defensive teams in the league but he also might help make them one of the better offenses (they’re currently 10th). Bolden and Temple could contribute for a stretch run and, again, they don’t really have a choice. This is the kind of move the Blazers have to make, otherwise…cement wall.

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