That's fair... I just don't know if we're going to want to be spending 95M next season on a back court with no one over 6'4".
I guess I am crazy; but the only way this really makes sense is if Olshey plans to trade CJ sometime before next season; freeing up the money to re-sign Powell. I have always thought Olshey is aiming for the big push next year, not this year; so if this is step 1, we may have to wait awhile for step 2.
ESPN's projection of 5+ wins is interesting. Probably has to do with getting Hood out. Maybe this opens up room for Nas in the regular rotation.
Mostly agree. My only issue is the best player on the market was Vooch... Chicago made some great moves today.
Sad that it took Olshey moving Hood for Stotts to have to play Nas....instead of so many minutes for Hood when he had the option of both.
I think NO is hoping moving Hood has an ancellery effect... Stotts was playing Hood at backup PG a bit. Now the only option will be Ant.
I thought any Gordon trade would've required Hood + [Simons AND Nas] (Hood + Trent wouldn't have have worked under the cap), or alternatively Hood/Simons/Zach if staying under the tax really was a driver. To say nothing of picks, which we would've had to do a trade to guarantee this year's with HOU before sending any more out. Yes, in a vacuum I think Gordon for all of our young wings may have been a decent deal and helped this year. Gordon as the 3rd or 4th best guy on a team is a good team. But if it ended up being Norman's next 3 months for Hood and Trent's (we weren't matching his RFA), then...ok, I guess? [semi-joking, but it makes CJ-for-Simmons more palatable now] (and is this the place where I ask why an armchair forum poster can't be smarter at the NBA than a real-life GM?)
First reaction was pretty meh. Do like that Norm offers something different stylistically offensively though. Can get to rim and finish. Interested to see him as a cutter and in 2-man actions with Nurk. Showed some chemistry with Gasol a couple years ago. Defensively, he's spacey off the ball like Trent, but I like Norm on the ball more. Length allows him to guard up a bit better in switching situations.
Definitely sad to see Gary go. He was one of my favorite Blazers to watch. All things equal, this: (1) upgraded our backup SG position, (2) opened up a roster spot, and (3) saved us some money to be a player in the buy-out market. I like it that the Blazers are active and trying to push to improve the team this year. Yes, I would like to see them have picked up a forward that balances the team a bit more, but trades take 2 willing trade partners. Sometimes incremental changes can make a big difference...
Love this move. Powell is everything we wanted Trent to become and we do not have the time for Hood to regain his form. Not sure we could get anything of value from the buyout market but we did gain a roster spot and space to use it.
Powell played a lot of SF with Toronto. We know Terry likes a 3 guard lineup in the 4th especially when we are down. Powell is an excellent free throw and three-point shooter and can attack the basket. If he can play alongside Dame and CJ to close out games that would be huge.
