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Portland Trail Blazers Draft Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, May Trade Him To Brooklyn Nets

Blazers get one of the steals of the draft, may trade him away.

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

The Portland Trail Blazers have selected Arizona small forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson with the 23rd selection of the 2015 NBA Draft but Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski suggests he may be on the move already.

Hollis-Jefferson is a powerful defender and fantastic transition player who averaged 10.9 points and 6.8 rebounds last season for the Wildcats as a sophomore.

He was First Team All-Pac-12 last season, as well as First Team All-Pac-12 All-Defensive last season as one of the premier wing defenders in the nation.  He averaged almost a steal and a half a game, as well as one block per game, leading Arizona's strong defensive unit.

Scouts have said that Hollis-Jefferson can guard virtually any position, and he regularly guarded the opposing team's best player, including 2015 1st Round picks Frank Kaminsky, Delon Wright, and Sam Dekker.