Zombie Fire Olshey

Doubt it given his weight (215 lbs.) I'm hoping that Olshey signs a true backup PG. Give Powell backup minutes at SG and small ball rotations as a three.

 

Good point. I guess since ESPN has him listed as a SF, I just assumed that he's not a playmaker.

 

Why is everyone upset?

 

I'm not. Smooth sailing here.

 

Well let's see..... we traded a guy who we had RFA status on, for someone that we don't. So the likelihood that we gave up Trent for nothing is very possible.

We traded for another guard while we desperately need help at forward.

It's just Neil changing the rims on his shitty Geo Metro with an F1 engine in it.

 

We own Powell’s Bird rights

 

The question is: will it be an assest in 4 months?

Powell doesn't make us a contender and if he signs elsewhere this summer, we'll have nothing to show for it.

 

Powell is not an asset he is a rental or someone we have to re-sign. An asset is a pick or a player with a contract of value.

 

Sure, but we at least had leverage for a sign-and-trade with Trent. We have zero leverage with Powell. And I think they'll get similar offers. So are we going to pay him a bunch of money to come off the bench?

 

Trent was the asset. He was a second round pick that became an asset for a trade. Powell may or may not be a blazer for long but he could be a candidate to replace CJ down the road.

 

Powell's contract situation is not materially different that GTJs and Hoods.
He is a better player though - which should give us some options in the summer.

 

How is that any different than GTJ?

I get that he's not restricted... but it's not a big enough issue to be upset about.

 

Having the RFA chip makes a huge difference. Firstly, if teams think you'll match, they're less likely to make an offer. It also means we can at least potentially squeeze a sign-and- trade out of it. We would still be in the drivers seat. With Powell we're not in the drivers seat. We're barely in the car. He can just leave if he wants to. Teams can offer whatever they want and he could just choose to bail. There's still a chance of a sign-and-trade but we have much less leverage to get something out of it.

 

If fans here are certain that Portland isn't going to go into the luxury tax, what makes you think other GMs are less informed?

The reality is that Portland should have been letting Trent walk--he's almost certainly not going to be worth his best offer. So I don't really feel Portland has lost anything long term. For this season, Portland is better and if Portland surprisingly decides to shell out for Powell and go into the luxury tax, Powell is actually worth it.

 

Depends on the market. This summer, there will only be 3-4 teams that are projected to have cap space. That means 80%+ of the market CANNOT offer more than the MLE to Powell without a S&T. I'd much rather have the significantly better player than have the RFA status on a player in that situation.

The teams with cap space will likely be NYK, Spurs, OKC, Chicago, and Charlotte. The Spurs or Chicago might be risks with Powell, but I doubt it.

 

It's hard to keep up these days...... some people think we're all clueless because we're not currently on an NBA payroll, others think we're the subject matter experts. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


I have come to the conclusion that whatever I post, Minstrel will disagree with me.

I'm wondering what else I can post that will get him to disagree.

The Earth is round.

 

I didn't say we're subject matter experts--my point is that information available to fans is obviously available to GMs.