The Portland Trail Blazers entered the trade deadline looking like they could use an injection of two-way play at the off-guard spot and a veteran to shore up their second unit on the wing as they try to stake a claim to the No. 2 spot in the Western hierarchy, or perhaps even chop into the Golden State Warriors' seven-game lead atop the conference. They found a player who seems tailor-made to check off all those boxes ahead of Thursday's 3 p.m. ET trade deadline, agreeing to terms with the Denver Nuggets on a deal that imports veteran shooting guard Arron Afflalo, as well as backup swingman Alonzo Gee, from the Denver Nuggets in exchange for reserve forwards Thomas Robinson and Victor Claver and live-wire guard Will Barton. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball ] Yahoo Sports NBA columnist Adrian Wojnarowski first reported the deal. Denver will also receive a lottery-protected 2016 first-round draft pick from the Blazers; it's not conveyed that year, it will become a lottery-protected 2017 first-rounder; if it still doesn't change hands that year, the Nuggets will get two future Portland second-round choices, per Woj . Portland's had one of the...