Trade Deadline: February 6, 2025

Yeah wherever the player ends up at the end of draft day is effectively the team that drafted them.

 

He had signed a 5/90 new deal with us. So no, definitely not as big as Grant's. His was roughly 13% of the cap, Grant's is roughly 20%. However, Grant has "normal" size for a wing. Powell is an undersized SG. Grant's a better defender than Powell ever was. Powell is a great shooter. He's otherwise never really offered a whole lot else in regards to rebounding and playmaking. It's not a direct apples to apples comparison, of course. But that deal still gets panned as beyond god awful on here. What we had was someone overpaid, and he was also in a spot where he was blocking a 22 year old Anfernee Simons. Similar to Grant being overpaid, and potentially blocking Deni and Toumani. And that deal was so horrible, but people would be ecstatic for the same return for Grant.
Anyways, it's been beaten to death, I don't wanna derail this thread more. Just find it amusing.

 

The difference is Norm was younger and playing better and signed a contract just months earlier regarded as a good value deal.

The Grant deal was poor value the day it was agreed to.

Also of course the Blazers were in a very different strategic position at that time with Norm than they are today.

There is no reason to be flirting with luxury tax during a rebuild as the Blazers have been the last few years.

Grant's contract is more similar to Evan Turner or Allen Crabbe overpaid deals than it is to Norman's good deal. Hopefully Grant's contract doesn't prevent our team from building around our youth in the next 4 years as the Turner/Crabbe deals did with Dame.

 

It obviously wasn't a bad deal as today Norm is a borderline allstar and hes better than EVERY SINGLE ONE of the players that Cronin used all that "salary" flexibility on in Grant/Ayton/Ant/Thybulle/Nurk/Brogdon.

Crazy that people are still defending that horrible Clippers trade today.

You also forgot to mention that BLEDSOE and DIDI are still on our salary cap TODAY!

 

Sure, and when Grant signed his deal he was also a "borderline all star" with a season similar to Powell's career best season this year. Glad for Norm. Seems like a nice guy. Glad we didn't keep him around as a 28 year old 6'3" SF.

 

Congrats - we've had a 6'3" SG in Simons in his place ever since earning more.

I'd much rather have Norm here than Simons. He'd be the perfect 3rd guard with Sharpe/Scoot.

Could have got a nice haul for Simons years ago.

 

Can't wait for the Joe Cronin Bombshell 2025 Trade Deadline Edition

 

They wanted to clear cap space at the time to get under the luxury tax. You all want to clear cap space now for various reasons, but it's still the same thing. I see very little difference

 

By himself? Please define a nice haul.

 

What did we do at last year's trade deadline? Did it happen day before or day of?

 

Blanton was it, I believe

 

Correct.
https://www.nba.com/news/2023-24-nba-trade-tracker


Blazers add Banton from Celtics (Feb 8 2024)

Celtics receive:

• Protected second-round pick

Blazers receive:

• Dalano Banton
• Cash considerations

 

lol at less favorable of two 2nd's protected top-55

"thank god we got 57 instead of 58!"

 

Jimmy to GSW

 

Wow for Wiggins, SloMo, Schroder and a protected FRP.

 

Not much.

 

Both the Warriors and the Heat probably get better. The Heat get deep and rid themselves of a checked out Jimmy. The Warriors get a theoretically rejuvenated Butler.

 

Jimmy and Draymond on the same squad. that's a lot of crazy on one team