The Portland Trail Blazers and the Charlotte Hornets are pulling a big pre-draft trade in swapping Nicolas Batum (from Portland) for Noah Vonleh and Gerald Henderson.
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Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski first reported the pending deal:
Portland is finalizing a trade to send Nic Batum to Charlotte for Noah Vonleh and Gerald Henderson, league sources tell Yahoo.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 24, 2015
The Blazers pad their rotation with Henderson, but more interestingly, possibly provide the replacement to LaMarcus Aldridge. Vonleh has a long path to development, but the ceiling couldn’t be higher for the ninth overall pick from the 2014 NBA Draft.
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