ESPN's Kevin Pelton regraded the Portland Trail Blazers' Deni Avdija trade with the Washington Wizards one year later. Initially, Pelton gave Portland a C+ and Washington a B+. This time, the Blazers were upgraded to an A-, while the Wizards were downgraded to a B-.
Fans and analysts alike were shocked when the Blazers decided to trade for Avdija last summer. After all, Portland was coming off a lackluster 21-win season. Moving veteran guard Malcolm Brogdon seemed inevitable as he didn't fit their timeline, and Portland needed to get under the luxury tax. But many assumed that the rebuilding Blazers would look to turn Brogdon into more draft capital, not attach their own picks in the package.