Rip City waited in vain for a blockbuster trade involving the Portland Trail Blazers Thursday. What it got instead was a maneuver designed to minimize its tax obligations: The Blazers traded Noah Vonleh to the Chicago Bulls for the rights to Milocan Rakovic.
Maybe not the sexiest move the team could have made, but it’s a good one, nonetheless.
Here are a couple of reasons why, from some of the Twitteriest and most expertest experts in the know.
From Woj:
Portland gets under the luxury tax and gets a $3.