The NBA’s trade season unofficially started this weekend, when many of the free agents signed over the summer became trade eligible. The annual mid-season trade cascade likely won’t start until February, but let’s take a moment to consider the tradeability of all the Portland Trail Blazers players anyway.
Negative Value Players
Negative value means general manager Neil Olshey and the Blazers would have to attach a draft pick or take back a similarly bad contract to get rid of a player — it doesn’t mean a player can’t be traded, just that on their own they’ll only net another player perceived as negative value (e.