The Washington Wizards are buying and selling ahead Deni Avdija to the Portland Path Blazers for guard Malcolm Brogdon, the No. 14 decide in Wednesday’s draft and a 2029 decide, ESPN’s Wojnarowski reviews.
Information of the commerce broke within the hours main as much as the draft.
Avdija is coming off his fourth NBA season because the Wizards chosen him with the ninth decide of the 2020 draft. He began 75 video games final season, averaging 14.7 factors, 7.2 rebounds and three.8 assists per sport whereas taking pictures 50.6% from the sector and 37.4% from 3-point distance. The numbers have been all profession highs in his first season as a full-time starter, and he earned votes for Most Improved Participant of the Yr.
A 23-year-old wing, Avdija joins a younger core in Portland that includes 20-year-old level guard Scoot Henderson, 21-year-old guard Shaedon Sharpe, 25-year-old guard Anfernee Simons and 25-year-old middle Deandre Ayton.
The Blazers are sending the second most favorable of their 2029 first-round picks and two second-round picks within the deal for Avdija, sources inform ESPN. https://t.co/e6BTwjYkT4
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Brogdon, 31, averaged 15.7 factors, 5.5 assists and three.8 rebounds in an injury-limited single season in Portland after arriving through commerce from the Boston Celtics. A participant extra suited to contribute to a contender, it is not clear the place he suits into the plans for a Wizards crew that completed 15-67 final season and does not mission to compete for the playoffs subsequent season as constructed.
The No. 14 decide, clearly, helps the Wizards as they construct for the longer term. Washington now has the Nos. 2, 14 and 26 picks within the first spherical of the draft.