Why Portland Lost the Dame & Jrue Trades BADLY?

Let’s really breakdown the Portland Trail Blazers’ trades of Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday that some analysts rated an “A” grade for. The deal was much worse for the Trail Blazers than what meets the eye. Let’s examine how refusing to trade with the Miami Heat had unintended consequences such as dropping the asking price for both All-Stars and working around weaker offers, then ultimately accepting weaker offers. These trades could legitimately hurt Portland’s future returns due to poor projecting and why exactly the Miami offers were simply better than the ones they accepted, why they refused to accept it and projecting how the accepted draft assets will play out over the next 5-7 years.