https://theathletic.com/3114987/202...man-powell-deals-its-all-about-the-contracts/ According to Hollinger, Norm is considered the better player than Levert, but the length of his contract affected his value. He will be 33 on the last year of his deal.
Hearing norms age and contract length as a negative that hurt his value makes it even more infuriating to think about Gary Trent, who is currently on a 3 year 54 million deal at age 23.
But I was told that Cronin got the best deal... Or the only deal... Or some other excuse... For RoCo. But nah. We added another asset that had positive value to get back nothing but savings. But please, people keep spinning this.
saw on another site that Cleveland is already talking about giving a LeVert and extension this summer
Not sure if that is true or not, but Hollinger also mentions that Levert is a better fit into Cleveland’s plans because he expires the same year as Kevin Love in 2023. This will give them flexibility into signing a max free agent before they have to extend Evan Mobley.
This reminds me of one of my rules for stock trading; be patient; don't ever buy because you are afraid of missing out. A better opportunity almost always presents itself.
first off, as if Cleveland is a better destination for a max free agent than Portland there is still the giant problem than LeVert's value was a 1st and two 2nd's. Cronin placed the value of Powell and RoCo as the pauper's return that Portland received. That's way to big a gap to be explained by circumstantial variables
Powell (especially) and Covington already helping the Clippers in their game against the Bucks. I know Norman Powell is not a point guard but I wonder if Reggie Jackson feels a little bit threatened. his shooting efficiencies aren't very good. Not close to what Powell does. 33% on 3-pointers, eff% of 0.47, Compared to Powell shooting 40.6% on threes with a eff of 0.54. does someone have their true shooting %? Powell is much better there too. Edit: true shooting .593 for Powell (better than any of our guards) and .499 for Reggie Jackson. those are pretty poor numbers for Jackson for a team that thinks they're a contender.
Norm said he didn’t think he would be one of the guys that would be traded. RoCo thought he would be traded to the Eastern Conference.
Do you think Cleveland is run by idiots too? Because they gave up alllll that for Lavert, one day after (supposedly) more talent was obtained for far less. So the Cavs who have arguably impressed more than anyone else in the NBA, and have been built very very well, just overpaid?
Yes, because leadership out of Portland/Oregon is doing a spectacular job in all arenas. Titles mean intelligence and savvy, I trust authority of all kinds, I am smart!
This is why long-term deals should come with NTC's for at least the first couple years. However I do believe his primary residence is in Vegas.
I'm surprised at the anger towards this trade. It's not like we just blew up a good team. Cap flexibility, a couple young talents. This helps the tanking process. The lower we drop in the standings the better.
the problem we have is this: you can get young players and future assets that won’t affect the ability to tank this year at all! getting value doesn’t mean we can’t tank this year.
