Blazers upgrade their wing rotation with two useful 3&D guys while preserving their trade exception, making Josh Hart more replaceable (if traded), and / or adding more flexible contracts to balance a star trade.

Knicks de-clutter their rotation by offloading Evan Fournier for an expiring contract and getting a useful future first in exchange for Burks. Bledsoe can be a reserve guard that won’t affect the young guys’ minutes and a useful expiring contract to trade at the deadline.