Chris Haynes has told in hoopshype.com (https://hoopshype.com/rumor/more-reports-that-blazers-are-going-to-make-no-3-pick-available-for-trade-to-improve-roster-around-damian-lillard/) that Portland is evaluating to make their 3rd pick available for trades. One of the interested teams'll be Chicago Bulls, but Portland needs space for Nikola Vulevic's salary. There they come into play Charlotte Hornets, that'll get Nurkic for free and so Portland gets rid of his salary