June 24, 2004
The Portland Trail Blazers acquired forward
Viktor Khryapa from New Jersey after he was selected by the Nets with the twenty-second pick in the 2004 NBA Draft.
The Trail Blazers traded guard
Eddie Gill and cash considerations to the Nets for Khryapa.
The 6-foot-9 Khryapa played the past two seasons as a teammate of Trail Blazers draft pick, Sergei Monia, at CSKA Moscow (Russia). He averaged 6.5 ppg and 3.6 rpg in 42 games during the 2003-04 season.
The team then drafted forward
Sergei Monia with the twenty-third pick. Monia and Khryapa are teammates on the CSKA Moscow team.
