Not gonna lie. My daughter's schedule of being a fulltime college student & working fulltime, she rarely got to watch our Boyz. But during the playoffs, everytime she did, he sucked bigtime. I keep telling her he's good, but she's like meh, show me.
...oh, I see -- totally missed the UFA part of it. Maybe the CJ Ell love affair will be enough to convince him to stay!
I like Powell but only reason to give him a 20 plus million per year contract is IF they are trading CJ if they want to give 80 to 90 plus million to 3 guards then NeO really is a complete idiot and should be fired ASAP
nah, even if CJ is here, we can't just afford to let an asset like Powell walk. Even on a 4 yr, 80 mil deal, Powell becomes one of our more tradeable pieces down the line. On a team strapped for tradeable contracts and assets, losing him for nothing is nothing short of a disaster.
I am not saying it's not impossible but it's not ideal that is why I made the last post and when the Blazers are in WIN now or watch Dame walk then in a way i do think it's stupid UNLESS Dame is getting traded. This would mean you shift CJ to a PG/SG ala Porter and Powell to SG BUT i hate this idea cause a team without Dame is not a team i want to watch in a ideal world unless he demands to be traded.
Yep. What if we can convince him that he will start at SG and CJ will move into a 6th man role in the short term? I mean, who gives a shit what CJ thinks.
Not the CBA. You can't even sign Powell to a supermax and that's what it would take to match Kawhi's contract.
I love Powell. Loved the trade when we got him. To lose him for nothing would be inexcusable. Olshey needs to go
You do realize that there's a big gap in logic between your various statements and your conclusion that Olshey needs to go, right? If you love Powell and loved the trade when we got him, then you have to accept the provisions of the contract that he came with, which permits him to not pick up his option year and become a free agent. Losing him for nothing is Norm's prerogative, not Olshey's. Olshey can offer him anything up to a max contract since the Blazers hold his Bird Rights, but ultimately it's Norm's call as to where he wants to play next season. And while your statement that Olshey needs to go is widely held around here, there's no logical connection between all of the previous statements and that conclusion. Does Oshey need to go if he makes a great offer and re-signs Norm, he moves CJ so Norm can play his natural 2G spot, and he gets a really good player back in the CJ trade? If your answer is still yes, then there was no need to list Olshey in your analysis at all since your mind is already made up about his future with the team.
We dont resign Powell for 20+ Million to put him in the corner watching CJ Iso for 16 seconds. MeJ is gone
