Portland forward Aaron Afflalo will opt out of his final season with the Trail Blazers and become an unrestricted free agent.
TNT reported Afflalo will forgo a guaranteed $7.75 million deal to test free agency.
He was acquired from Denver in a trade deadline transaction as Portland looked to strengthen its bench. But a week later, the Trail Blazers lost shooting guard Wesley Matthews with a season-ending injury, thrusting Afflalo into the starting rotation.
Afflalo struggled in his new role and eventually was injured. Finding playing time became more difficult with the emergence as second-year guard CJ McCollum.
TNT reported that Portland would try very hard to re-sign Afflalo.