Report: In money-saving trade, Trail Blazers swapping Kent Bazemore for Kings’ Trevor Ariza

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The NBA team with the highest payroll each of the last five years (record): 2015-16: Cavaliers (57-25) 2016-17: Cavaliers (51-31) 2017-18: Cavaliers (50-32) 2018-19: Thunder (49-33) 2019-20: Trail Blazers (18-25) Sitting 10th in the Western Conference, Portland is no longer content to spend so much on a losing team. So, the Trail Blazers will send Kent Bazemore, Anthony Tolliver and two second-round picks to the Kings for Trevor Ariza, Caleb Swanigan and Wenyen Gabriel. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN: Assuming this trade becomes official Tuesday (the first day Gabriel can be traded), Portland is in line to save $12,657,456 (salary: $2,532,078, luxury tax: $10,125,379).

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