The Portland Trail Blazers finalized their 15-man roster on Tuesday by trading Will Perdue to the Clippers and waiving Johnny Taylor and Priest Lauderdale.

Perdue was moved to the Clips for the rights to 1996 draft choice Doron Sheffer (36th pick).

The 6-5 Sheffer averaged 13.3 points and 5.5 assists in his three-year career at Connecticut. He was the Big East Conference Rookie of the Year in 1993-94.

After failing to stick with an NBA team, he returned to Israel in 1996 to play for Maccabi Tel-Aviv. He posted 13.0 ppg on 53.6% from 3-pt range in 62 games over a three-year span.

Sheffer retired from basketball in July of 2000 and hasn't played competitively for over one year.

The acquisition of his rights allowed Portland to keep veteran Mitchell Butler, who was on the bubble.

Taylor, a first-round pick of the Magic in 1997, has appeared in 54 games in his NBA career. He averaged 4.7 points and 2.2 rebounds during that span.

Lauderdale, a 7-4 center, was a 4th round pick of Atlanta in 1996. He has career averages of 3.4 points and 1.9 rebounds.