Portland Trail Blazers Receive: F Harrison Barnes, 2022 First-Round Pick (No. 10 – WAS)
Washington Wizards Receive: G Eric Bledsoe, C Richaun Holmes, 2022 First-Round Pick (No. 4 – SAC), 2022 First-Round Pick (No. 7 – POR)
Sacramento Kings Receive: G Bradley Beal
Like the Sacramento Kings, the Portland Trail Blazers are a team in the lottery who are known to covet a playoff spot in 2021-22. Accordingly, rumors heavily suggest that they’d be willing to trade their lottery pick.
Also like the Kings, their pick is frequently linked to Jerami Grant. If the fourth pick for Grant feels like a stretch, the seventh overall selection may be more viable.
Still, if the Blazers whiff on Grant, Harrison Barnes would be a great consolation prize.
He offers much of the same skillset as Grant as a floor-spacing 4 with solid perimeter defensive abilities. Plus, this deal allows the Blazers to trade back in the lottery rather than out of it altogether. With their newly acquired tenth overall pick, they could land a rookie who’s ready to make an impact.
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On the other hand, the Washington Wizards will land a stronger one with the Blazers’ seventh overall selection. By adding a player like Dyson Daniels, Jeremy Sochan, AJ Griffin or others in addition to the premium prospect they pick fourth, they’ll have their rebuild off to an excellent start.
Having added Bradley Beal, the Kings will hopefully be finally done theirs.
