I think the Blazers have a great chance of being this off-season Boston Celtics. The only thing is there is not a guy like a KG on the trading block. However I do think someone like a D-Wade could be had for a nice package. So I think the Heat and Portland are in trade talks for D-Wade and/or Shawn Marion.
I don't know about this offseason Celtics, but man they should get really good quick next year. They have around 20 million in salaries, and pretty much their roster intact. They could get about 2 MAX contract type of players. That's going to be a powerful team.
Only if Oden comes back at full strength with no long term problems.
Even without him, they should be able to be a great team. They can potentially get quite a few star players, and that's in addition to their current roster.
I'll say this though, the 2009 free-agency at the moment doesn't seem to me to be that great, but who knows.
Some of these guys (assuming they are FA, and only unrestricted):
Allen Iverson
Rasheed Wallace
Baron Davis
Danny Granger
Elton Brand
Corey Maggette
Shawn Marion
Grant Hill
They can potentially get two or three guys from there, if they play it right. And they're already quite a good young team.
Oh, and when I said next year, I mean for the 2009/2010 season.