2024 NBA Draft

Wizards agree to trade Deni Avdija to Blazers for Malcolm Brogdon, No. 14 pick

Washington adds 2 first-round picks and 2 second-round picks in a Draft-night deal with Portland.

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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

 

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 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.

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