I’m still mad at how easily the Orlando Magic gave up on Mo Harkless. That was a while ago now, so my timeline may be all bungled up, but I’m pretty sure Jacque-off Vaughn was involved in some way. “Oh, sorry Mo, you’re not producing because we’re not giving you any minutes at all, wow you suck, we’re gonna trade you to Portland for a top-55 protected second-round pick because you have no value because of our horrible player development tendencies!”. Screw off.
Jokes on the Magic now. Harkless has blossomed in Portland into a passable rotation player! He’s not amazing or anything, but he plays solid defense and sometimes hits outside shots. And dunks. Dunks are his thing. He’s off to a great start this year as the third (?????maybe?????) option behind Lillard and McCollum. Meanwhile, the Magic are sucking, at that ultra-protected pick in 2020 probably isn’t going to improve their outlook much.