Sign up now!!! <\/a><\/b><\/p>\nPortland currently sits ninth in the Western Conference standings at 23-26; right in the thick of the play-in race. <\/p>\n
Krejci, meanwhile, is averaging 2.2 three-pointers made per game on 42.3 per cent shooting, which ranks inside the NBA\u2019s top 20, with the move being lauded as \u201csneaky-smart\u201d by Portland. <\/p>\n
It comes after Atlanta \u2014 which now has seven future second-rounders at its disposal \u2014 cemented its new direction by trading All-Star guard Trae Young just a matter of weeks ago, with the Hawks still teetering in play-in positioning. <\/p>\n
FEBRUARY 1 \u2014 AUSSIE WAIVED AS PART OF THREE-TEAM SWAP<\/b><\/p>\n
The first big trade in the days leading up to the February 6 deadline saw the Cleveland Cavaliers send forward De\u2019Andre Hunter to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis, with the Chicago Bulls acquiring veteran Dario Saric and two future second-round picks as part of the deal. <\/p>\n
The victim in the deal was little-used Australian forward Luke Travers, who was cut as the Cavaliers sought to make roster room for both incoming Kings guards. <\/p>\n
The move reportedly freed up around $50 million in salary and luxury tax space for the Cavs, while also allowing them to get under the second apron next season. <\/p>\n
Ellis, an impending free agent, was being monitored around the Association ahead of the deadline as an affordable 3-and-D guard with high upside for a contending roster. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Hunter could still be moved by the Kings, who, sitting in last place in the Western Conference, look to blow up their much-maligned roster that includes declining veterans DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine. <\/p>\n
But regardless of if he remains in Sacramento past the deadline, the franchise\u2019s fans will hardly be pleased with owner and chairman Vivek Ranadiv\u00e9\u2019s latest dealings. <\/p>\n
Hunter, who can shoot and play good defence, is a solid enough piece for Sacramento, but he\u2019s not a needle-mover by any means. <\/p>\n
The intriguing Schroeder element is that he\u2019s now been traded a staggering eight times in his career, having in the past rejected an $84m ($120m AUD) extension from the Los Angeles Lakers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A second Australian has had their NBA life uprooted in as many days as the league\u2019s trade deadline…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":559643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[244482,5229,19491,3119,4740,33383,276,3127,3128,1596,3139,28879,180425,7235,210637,192618,71198,244483,3363,3141,2741,1260,587,33386,33378,244486,244484,23077,3133,244485,3143,131715,244480,62,358,244487,39333,244481,103061,21181,67,586,132,68,144851,3117,915],"class_list":{"0":"post-559642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-acquiring-veteran","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-american-airlines-center","11":"tag-atlanta-hawks","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","14":"tag-california","15":"tag-chicago-bulls","16":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","17":"tag-dallas","18":"tag-dallas-mavericks","19":"tag-dario-saric","20":"tag-dwight-powell","21":"tag-espn-inc","22":"tag-getty-images-inc","23":"tag-jack-jovanovski","24":"tag-keon-ellis","25":"tag-lbj-ampampamp-doncic","26":"tag-lebron-james","27":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","28":"tag-maine","29":"tag-nba","30":"tag-north-america","31":"tag-northern-america","32":"tag-oceania","33":"tag-paint-force","34":"tag-playing-time","35":"tag-portland","36":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","37":"tag-roster-room","38":"tag-sacramento-kings","39":"tag-second-round-picks","40":"tag-shooting-game","41":"tag-sports","42":"tag-texas","43":"tag-tim-heitman","44":"tag-trade-deadline","45":"tag-trade-deadline-edges","46":"tag-trade-news","47":"tag-trae-young","48":"tag-united-states","49":"tag-united-states-of-america","50":"tag-unitedstates","51":"tag-us","52":"tag-vit-krejci","53":"tag-washington-wizards","54":"tag-western-australia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}