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Arron Afflalo Intends to Opt Out of His Contract

Marc Stein of ESPN has made his latest "Stein's Scoop" column all about the Portland Trail Blazers. He poses 5 questions about the Blazers and offers answers. Amid the obligatory "LaMarcus Aldridge might be leaning towards leaving Portland" assertion, he offers this about Arron Afflalo:

Arron Afflalo, I'm told, intends to go ahead with plans to opt out this summer even though a right shoulder injury obviously prevented him from making the post-trade deadline smash in Portland that he'd hoped.

Afflalo is scheduled to make $7.