Last summer, the Portland Trail Blazers surprisingly agreed to trade Malcolm Brogdon, the No. 14 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft (turned into Bub Carrington), a 2029 first-round pick (second-most favorable from Portland), and two second-round picks (2028 and 2030) in exchange for rising star Deni Avdija.
That trade took the league by storm -- it was anticipated that a rebuilding Blazers team would move on from Brogdon in order to get under the luxury tax, but the expectation was that Portland would prioritize draft capital. The fact that they attached valuable draft picks along with Brogdon just goes to show how confident general manager Joe Cronin and Co.