Deni Avdija averaged 14.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists over 75 games last season.
The Washington Wizards have agreed to trade forward Deni Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for guard Malcolm Brogdon, the No. 14 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, a 2029 first-round pick and two future second-round picks.
Wizards get:
- Malcolm Brogdon
- Carlton Carrington (14th overall pick)
- 2029 first-round pick (second-most favorable from Portland)
- 2028 second-round pick
- 2030 second-round pick
Trail Blazers get:
- Deni Avdija
The Washington Wizards are trading F Deni Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers for Malcolm Brogdon and the 14th pick tonight and 2029 pick, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/inF8ezNZtL
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 26, 2024
In the deal that will send Deni Avdija to Portland, the second-round picks the Wizards will receive will be in 2028 and 2030. Washington also will get tonight's 14th pick and, as reported elsewhere, the second-most favorable of Portland's 2029 first-round picks, per source.
— Josh Robbins (@JoshuaBRobbins) June 26, 2024
Avdija, a 6-foot-9 forward drafted ninth overall in 2020, is coming off a career season in which he averaged 14.7 points and 7.2 rebounds while shooting 37.4% from 3-point range. His improvement was a bright for the otherwise struggling Wizards, and it earned him a sixth-place finish in Kia Most Improved Player voting.
Avdija signed a a reported four-year, $55-million contract extension with the Wizards last October and is under contract through the 2027-28 season.
Portland sheds some of its surplus of draft picks while adding a 23-year-old rotation player to its post-Damian Lillard era. The Blazers finished the 2023-24 season with a 21-61 record and hold the seventh overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.
Meanwhile Washington further resets its own roster ahead of using the No. 2 overall pick in Wednesday’s draft. Brogdon, a veteran guard on an expiring contract, could remain to help guide a young Wizards squad or be involved in another trade.
