The Portland Trail Blazers landed Toumani Camara in the Deandre Ayton-Jusuf Nurkic trade with the Phoenix Suns, which was part of the larger three-team Damian Lillard blockbuster deal. Many don't realize that Portland interviewed Camara ahead of the draft and specifically targeted him in the Ayton trade after the Suns selected him.
"They did their homework," Sam Vecenie said on the Game Theory Podcast. "They knew what they wanted with Toumani. That was a guy they wanted to target, and they wanted to get within that deal."
Toumani Camara perfectly fit the Blazers' vision
The NBA is changing in the sense that key players aren't switching teams via free agency as frequently.