The Portland Trail Blazers will be looking to improve their roster during this summer’s NBA Free Agency and Trade period. The 24th pick in the draft is an asset, but they need more help than a lower-round rookie can provide. One of the means by which they might progress—a method they’re touting as a live possibility—is the Traded Player Exception. Like coupons from previous trades (most notably Allen Crabbe to the Brooklyn Nets last July), these trade chips allow Portland to acquire players from other teams without actually trading away their own.