Noah Vonleh’s ongoing development as a member of the Trail Blazers is officially over. In a move designed to get the Blazers under the luxury tax threshold, General Manager Neil Olshey traded Vonleh and cash to the Bulls earlier today in exchange for the rights to 32-year old Milovan Rakoviu0107 .
Financial Implications
Simply put, the decision to move Vonleh was motivated almost entirely by financial concerns, and not on-court considerations.
It’s been well documented that the Blazers face significant salary problems in the coming seasons. In July, 2016 Olshey signed Evan Turner, Maurice Harkless, Meyers Leonard, and Allen Crabbe to contracts totalling nearly a quarter billion dollars.