The Portland Trail Blazers are a rebuilding team with room to grow both in developing their own players and adding new ones to improve the overall future of the team.

Bleacher Report writer Andy Bailey ranked all 30 NBA teams’ trade assets and he placed the Blazers at No. 8.

Notable Players: Jerami Grant, Deandre Ayton, Anfernee Simons

Notable Picks: 2025 through 2029 firsts, 2029 first (via Boston), 2029 first (via Milwaukee), 2030 and 2031 firsts

The Portland Trail Blazers have a strong asset base with all those first-round picks. But, like Brooklyn, moving them feels relatively unlikely right now. The Blazers should (and likely are) still firmly in the asset-accumulation phase of their rebuild.

That makes the likelihood of a move involving Jerami Grant feel pretty high. And if Portland really wants to get aggressive about this reboot, it could probably justify moving young(ish) veterans like Deandre Ayton or Anfernee Simons.

That feels especially true with Ayton, following Portland’s drafting of rim protector Donovan Clingan in the top 10 this summer.

The only teams to rank ahead of Portland were the New Orleans Pelicans, Golden State Warriors, Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Blazers got a ton of future draft capital in the Damian Lillard trade last year, but they have more to gain from players like Grant, Simons and Ayton. Trading those players sooner rather than later could help the Blazers get on their path towards contention quicker.