So in essence, trading Hood and Trent means they could much easier sign Nurk (not arguing they should over pay him, he's not proven he can stay healthy) AND Powell (not arguing that he's going to re-sign). Trent and Hood alone could've accounted for 30 or more million next year. Trent+Hood+Nurk would be a bitter pill to swallow. Now it might be that Nurk and Powell get 35 between them, but I'd rather have Nurk + Powell (potentially) at 35t than Nurk, Hood and Trent at 55.
about Powell's defense, some numbers over the last 3 seasons when he's had a bigger role * 2018-19: Powell had a defensive rating that was two points worse than the team. He was 11th on the team in DBPM * 2019-20: Powell had a defensive rating that was one point worse than the team. He was 10th on the team in DBPM * this season: Powell has a defensive rating that 1s 2.3 points worse than the team. He is 9th on the team in DBPM allowing that defensive stats can be real noisy, I'm still not seeing anything in those numbers showing Powell as a + defender. That isn't to say he's not, but for sure, if he was as good defensively as many are saying, those numbers should be a lot better
Powell --Average Defense-- Trent Lillard McCollum I think Powell is a bit above the line of average defense and Trent and the rest are clearly below it. Powell is no defensive stopper, but he's solid on that end.
Damn Rodney was an entirely different player. The movement is just completely different. His first step is completely gone.
Fuck. This is kind of sad. One of the most fun parts about being a fan is seeing your own players develop. Trent was on a good trajectory, now he's gone.
I guess the philosophy is that you aren't improving the defense any time soon so we'll just try to outscore everybody.
Its possible there was no championship type moves to be had. I mean no one that changed teams is going to catapult a team into being elite. I’m glad we dodged the Gordon bullet. He’s overrated and wouldn’t fit our system.
We could always waive Hood. Do you think Powell will be cheaper than Trent? Trent has to improve a lot to get more money.
I don't think they can just waive Hood, since his contract was guaranteed for next year iirc. And I think Trent would cost the Blazers more, since he's younger.
oh, well then who cares? They'd lose either player for nothing probably. Gives minutes to little. improves the defense, even if for a short time and realistically the team doesn't play defense anyways.
It’s a plain fact that if Paul was still alive there’s no way Stotts would still be here. He had no patience for mediocrity.
No Sorry. Your idea of "Fact" seems a bit obscure. I suggest you look that word up. It simply doesn't mean what you seem to think it means. Also maybe you should practice a little tact and respect for those who have passed.
Please explain how I was disrespectful. Paul passed away. He’s gone. I was replying to a post saying that maybe Neil and Terry are still around because their bosses know more than we do. Paul hired them and there’s no way they’d still be around if he was still here.
idk about that. He didn’t fire Stotts after the pelicans series even though everyone thought he would/should. He listened to his star player, so evidently he did have patience for it.
