Analysis: This may have seemed like a steep price initially last October but the return looks pretty underwhelming a year later for the Blazers. Brogdon played 39 games amid an injury plagued season and was dealt away to the Wizards in July as part of a trade package for Demi Avdija. Brogdon was largely just salary filler in that deal.

The Boston Celtics have made a substantial move in the Eastern Conference arms race by acquiring ex-Milwaukee Bucks star guard Jrue Holiday via a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers, despite having missed out on Damian Lillard,