There have been a lot of proposals between the Blazers and Lakers both on this board and the Blazers board, but most of them assume the Lakers will cough up a distant first round pick for Grant while also sacrificing the rotation players needed to match salaries. I think the Lakers need more to shake a pick loose. Portland has additional, expendable players who'd help LA's rotation. I can't figure out how to make the salaries work without gutting LA. Portland will not ascend back above the tax line, and LA cannot aggregate salaries while returning so much money as to put them over the second apron (if I'm understanding the CBA correctly).
Challenge: get any combination of Jerami Grant, Deandre Ayton, Matisse Thybulle, Anfernee Simons, and/or Robert Williams III (must be at least two of the five) to Los Angeles for any incoming salaries plus a future, light-to-medium-protected first rounder in a deal both sides* would accept. Portland can throw in second rounders, but I don't think these typically do much to balance a trade.
Can it be done?
*excluding JRoy
