The Portland Trail Blazers mostly sat on the sidelines of the opening day of free agency. Re-signing Rodney Hood, picking up Mario Hezonja on the cheap, and letting Al-Farouq Aminu walk to the Orlando Magic would indeed change the fabric of the Blazers next season and going forward, but were hardly the type of league-changing moves other teams made once the clock struck 6:00 p.m. EST on Sunday night.

On Monday, though, Portland did quick work to thrust itself to the forefront of wholesale wheeling and dealing across the NBA. The team agreed to acquire Hassan Whiteside from the Miami Heat in exchange for Moe Harkless and Meyers Leonard, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, giving Terry Stotts another viable starting center as it waits for Jusuf Nurkic to recover from a devastating leg injury he suffered in late March.

C.J. McCollum, needless to say, was a bit surprised by the Blazers pulling off a trade of that magnitude.

This is low-risk, high-reward move for Portland. Like those of Harkless and Leonard, Whiteside's deal expires next summer, meaning the general manager Neil Olshey and company didn't sacrifice future financial flexibility by bringing him in.

The Blazers will miss the defensive disruption and overall athleticism Harkless provides on the wing, but are well-positioned to make up for after re-signing Hood and trading for Kent Bazemore. Leonard was poised to be Portland's starter in the middle until Nurkic is ready to play, a role for which he's overstretched despite some uncharacteristically eye-popping play in the postseason.