After playing the last two games with the minimum number of players in uniform, the Portland Trail Blazers finally got reinforcements Wednesday morning.
Not only did Jusuf Nurkiu0107 return to playing five-on-five for the first time since suffering a horrific leg injury back in March of 2019, three new players acquired via trade from the Sacramento Kings made their practice debuts — or in the case of one player, a return rather than a debut — Wednesday morning at the Trail Blazers’ facility in Tualatin.
The trade that sent Kent Bazemore, Anthony Tolliver and two future second-round picks to Sacramento in exchange for Trevor Ariza, Caleb Swanigan and Wenyen Gabriel wasn’t finalized until Tuesday morning, meaning the trio of new players had plenty of time to get to Portland in time for practice.