- it makes the team worse - gets them out of Norms contract - gets them a 19 year old listen it’s not good NOW. But I believe there’s more to it.
Blazers and Jody Allen should be investigated. This is as obvious as it gets. We just paid draft picks and Gary Trent to acquire role players to fill out the Clippers contender.
I can see them flipping Bledsoe & Nas for Jerami Grant in another move. Nice cash saving and potential for Pistons and Blazers would get a wing closer to Dame's timeline.
Bill Simmons said Cronin had been shopping Powell strictly in a tax saving move. Knicks also wanted Norm but we wanted the longer term tax savings from Bledsoe. KOC says hes confused about what we're doing. He did mention we floated CJ for John Collins to ATL.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Clips turn around and trade Roco tomorrow for more value. Why would they want to get into the playoffs without Kawhi?
So a lot of fans get excited about draft picks in this, One & Done , Era. Keon Johnson, can he play? He basically becomes the Blazers '21 draft choice to develop. He hasn't gotten much play, like many young draft choices. I can watch highlight videos for days. I want to know if he has serious game to develop at this level. If he does, could be a nice pickup.
Winslow /36 11.7ppg 10rpg 4apg 1.6spg 1.4bpg RAPTOR has him graded out higher than Powell. His defensive score ranks ahead of every Blazer except Nurk (and previously Roco) This is from a couple days ago. Still only 25.
What if Billups really thinks Keon can be a really good player but is stuck behind Paul George and Kawhi?
I have to think that Billups had a lot of influence here, and now he better damn well make something good out of these two guys!