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Portland Trail Blazers forward Robert Covington (33) blocks a shot by Houston Rockets forward Kenyon Martin Jr. (6) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, in Houston, on Jan. 28, 2022. Eric Christian Smith/AP Photo
PORTLAND, Ore.—The Portland Trail Blazers traded Norman Powell and Robert Covington to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday for Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow, rookie Keon Johnson and a second-round pick in 2025.
The trade, coming just less than a week before the NBA’s trade deadline, moved the Trail Blazers under the luxury-tax threshold.