After five seasons with the Phoenix Suns after becoming the No. 1 overall pick, Deandre Ayton was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers this past offseason. Ayton, a 25-year-old center who’s averaged a double-double throughout his NBA career, got off to a rough start in Portland, which included battling knee tendinitis.
While Ayton’s play has improved as of late, scoring in double figures in six of his past seven games, one local Blazers insider says the seven-foot center had a myriad of issues adjusting to life after being traded to Portland.
