Powell already paying dividends - not because of the win. Because, if we were using Trent and Rodney, Coach wouldn't have let Lillard have a rest game.
I think he could have, as long as CJ was healthy. I think Powell makes it easier, though. Not knocking Gary in anyway, I am a fan of his, but part of me wonders if his production is inflated because of the system here (Dame and Stotts). Look at the young players who looked passable as players in Portland and once they left, their #'s didn't hold. It's obviously too early to know with Gary (and part of me hopes I'm wrong).
Fact: a thing that is known or proved to be true. Opinion: what you float when whining about everything.
...also of note FWIW, GTJr and Hood played like absolute horseshit in their respective debuts. You could even argue that the Blazers would have lost the game tonight had this trade never happened #WCF2021orbust
What is Norman projected to make? If Norman proves to be even close to CJ as a shot creator, I would rather have Norman at $17-20m/yr at sg than CJ at $33m/yr. CJ trade could still happen this summer if we are a disappointment in the playoffs. We could finally bring in a real backup pg and play Simons at backup sg. Dame/Powell/Covington/____/Nurkic. Turning CJ into a wing and having enough cap space for Dragic over the summer would really balance out this team.
I think we should trade CJ for Siakam with CJ going to a different team. The kings would probably be interested in CJ since they want to make a playoff push. Portland get: Siakam and Wright Sac get: CJ Raptors get: Hield or Bagley and Sac picks
Dame/Powell/Covington/Siakam/Nurkic Wright/Simons/Jones/Little/Kanter Elleby/Collins That would certainly be the most competitive Blazers team we’ve ever had in my lifetime (I’m 23, never really got to experience the ‘77 team). I really am holding out a ray of hope that Collins can come back. I think Covington and Collins are both so good on help side defense that Powell/Covington/Collins and hide Dame on defense like the Warriors have done with Curry. It may take a coaching change this summer.
I would rather have Norm at the same price no doubt about it, my guess is 20-25 mil per and if we can sign him for that then trade CJ for a better fit on the roster
Does anyone have access to paid content on Oregonlive? There is an article "How and Why Trailblazers acquired Norman Powell". I would like to read it.
The RoCo trade is looking pretty good, imo. I love guys that scrap and are not afraid to mix it up, he is one. Sure he's no super star, but he's a team playa for sure.
Need to put Jones in a position where he can be aggressive offensively and allow him get confident scoring more consistently. I've though from day one with him he plays like a bench guy like he was in Miami a bit hesitant to do his thing. On the second unit he can be set free.
You have to be quick, but if you click on the page you have about 2 seconds to copy the article. Then paste it somewhere to read it.
well, one thing you can do is open the article. The paywall box will come on saying you have to pay. Doesn't matter go to the menu bar (I'm using Firefox, but other browsers should be similar) and click 'save page as'. In the drop-down menu, there is the option of saving the page 'type'. Two options here, one is 'save as text file'; you can then just save it to your hard drive and read it there. But that's a pretty unattractive format. You can also save it as 'Web Page HTML Only'. That will be a more attractive and readable format than just text, and include any images within the article. There's a lot of Olshey-speak bullshit and he spends plenty of time blowing smoke up his own ass, but there's some information there as well. It's by Fentress who is a sometimes good writer now I have to worry about Canzano whacking me
He hasn't been hesitant and bringing him off the bench won't bring him out of Stoffense. He isn't a one on one scorer, he's a scorer that needs set up by the offense. Unless this is just pickup ball, the motion should be called for by the play not the initiative of the player. It seems to me that the offense calls for him to stand in the corner 90% of the time. Maybe I'm wrong though and it's pickup ball and he just needs to cut whenever he wants and call for the ball when he's open but usually NBA ball moves a little fast for things to work out that way.
If they push the ball more is when he would be allowed to use his athleticism more, just a thought? I don't think he's start at 3 on most teams.
Thanks. Here is what I learned so far. Reminded me that we have neither a first or second round pick in a really good draft class this year. Even though Olshey said we couldn't make trades because we have no draft capital, Reporter didn't ask if we could free up draft picks by guaranteeing the 2021 pick to Houston. Learned that Stotts believes if a player is down in a defensive squat on every possession that he is a better defender. (So why aren't all our players in that position?) Learned that one reason we didn't seek a taller free agent is because we have made a commitment to Melo. Olshey considers Nurk, Roco, Jones and Powell to be our four plus defenders and expects two of them to be on the court at all times.
