I've always overvalued Nic so the initial shock kind of shaded my take on it.

Charlotte rolls the dice on giving up a lotto pick after one year for potentially one year of Batum.

And I'm guessing that Portland sees the writing on the wall, doesn't expect LaMarcus back and rolled the dice on Vonleh who might be all that Nic on an expiring deal could fetch.

Could be a tank year in Portland. Let everyone else overspend this offseason and make moves next year.