The Portland Trail Blazers cleared a 3-year, $56.3 million contract from their books on Tuesday. The Trail Blazers sent guard Allen Crabbe to the Brooklyn Nets for forward Andrew Nicholson, and Portland plans to waive him to get under the salary cap.
But what does a trade between the Trail Blazers and the Nets have to do with the Houston Rockets? A tweet from Trail Blazers broadcaster Mike Rice may have shed some light on the situation:
It looks like blazers will be part of Knicks 3team trade of Carmelo.