and get maybe a future pick for the flip.

There's no way they actually wanted him with Lillard.

They just heard our deal going down & decided to be the fly in the ointment.

Fair game I guess but now that we ain't gonna pay their ransom, even showing the intestinal fortitude to pretend we'd rather have another bum from Syracuse than him (since we tanking anyway) they are in a bit of a quandry.