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Originally Posted by SeriousSummer
They have 13 players under contract for next year, 3 talented players in Europe (Fernandez, Freeland & Kaponen) and a bunch of draft choices over the next two years.
Portland can keep its core (Oden and Roy), trade a bunch of young guys or draft rights and still bring in a couple of stars--and be good now, as well as for years to come.
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Or they can recognize that Aldridge is part of that core, keep him along with Roy and Oden and still have enough trade assets to go out and get another star. They don't have to give up Aldridge to get another piece to the puzzle.