But both those players are free agents now, and don’t deserve to be ignored just because they were traded away from the team. Each of them had, and still have, their rightful detractors, but each also has marketable skills and carries value in the NBA. Both, too, will be in Portland’s price range this summer, with the team only having the Mid Level Exception, among smaller cap exceptions, to play with come July 1.

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