The Portland Trail Blazers' Deandre Ayton experiment may have failed, but it was still worthwhile as they landed building block Toumani Camara from the Phoenix Suns.
This offseason, Portland was able to get Ayton to agree to forfeit $10 million of his $35.6 million salary this season in a buyout. They also agreed to a four-year, $82 million extension with Camara. They washed their hands clean of Ayton while locking down Camara long-term, which was an ideal outcome.
It also goes to show how quickly things develop in the ever-evolving NBA. Portland was willingly choosing to dump the former No.