The Portland Trail Blazers are looking to retool around Damian Lillard this offseason and will try to make a big splash to give him at least one new high-level teammate. The Blazers are armed with the No. 7 pick and a $20.9 million trade exception, though they could also look to create cap space for a max-level free agent.

Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine has been mentioned as a possible target in free agency. However, at this juncture, it seems likelier that the Blazers don't use cap space to add another top player and instead use that pick and the trade exception. Detroit Pistons forward Jerami Grant and Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby are viewed as top trade targets who fit in that trade exception, per Bleacher Report's Jake Fischer, who explains why going that route is more likely than the max free agent route:

There's a possibility Portland looks to create cap space to land a maximum-salary free agent such as Zach LaVine, but all indications point to the Blazers guaranteeing Josh Hart's $12.9 million for next season, which would likely negate a major free-agency signing. The deadline to guarantee Hart is June 25, two days after the NBA draft and nearly a week before free agency begins July 1.

Picking up Hart's money would require the Blazers to renounce their rights to free agents Jusuf Nurkic and Anfernee Simons in order to still create space for a major free-agent acquisition like LaVine. But Portland's most likely route to acquiring a splashy counterpart for Lillard is via trade exception, and Anunoby would be a home run addition in that scenario.

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The Blazers would have to gut their roster in order to create max cap space. LaVine could theoretically try to demand to go to Portland in a sign-and-trade scenario, but that seems unlikely and brings its own set of complications.

Instead, Portland could try to keep most of its roster intact while using draft assets and that trade exception to bring in another key player to help Lillard. Grant and Anunoby are highly valued by their current teams, but the Blazers could potentially make it worth their while.

Stay tuned.