Free Agent Blazers Resign Powell To 5/90

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RR7 said:
Do you sign him for 5 years when the plan is so clearly to reset after the season?
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No. Ergo, that is NOT the plan. The plan is Simmons and a stretch 4-5 in the mold of Portis if we can still afford him and with renouncing Zach, getting Zeller for Vet Min to replace Zach and then signing Powell on the cheap this makes the Simmons trade exception bump in price way, WAY more palatable. Need a math whizz here, but this reaffirms my belief the target is Simmons as does the sudden Morgue-like silence around CJ and Simmons.
 
illmatic99 said:
i wonder if we promised him a starting job.

would be interesting if we turn him into a super 6th man like jordan clarkson or the like. think he'd flourish in a role without CJ next to him.
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Norm is solid and balances out a good starting 5. CJ I think is more suited to being a super 6th man. If we can get another starting forward I think CJ off the bench would be an amazing improvement.
 
The ONE THING I really wanted to happen. LETS GO!
 
wizenheimer said:
lol...sometimes Quick is fucking ridiculous. That "one of the best starting lineups in the NBA" got boat-raced by an injured Denver team just 2 months ago
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It's a line that is fed to him (and continues to be) by someone in the org. Probably someone that works in Olshey's FO.
 
blazerkor said:
Neil did very well... it's not often you get to say that. Maybe Dame's press conference was the wake up call he needed and he'll turn himself into one of the best execs in the league.
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Really because it was said by numerous pundits and fans alike last off-season.
 
BoomChakaLaka said:
Next -

trade CJ with Nurkic to Timberwolves for KAT

Dame
Powell
Naz
RoCo
Towns

trade CJ for Harris

Dame
Powell
RoCo
Harris
Nurkic

trade CJ for Siakam

Dame
Powell
Siakam
RoCo
Nurkic
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I want 1, I can live with 3, I wouldn’t do 2. But if KAT were ever an option, this is where the Nassirs and Anfernees and 1st rounders are available. Something like:

POR gets: KAT

MIN gets: CJ, Simmons, Nurkic, 2022 top-10 protected 1st, 2023 pick swap

PHI gets: Russell, Simons, 2024 lotto-protected 1st

If Nas could enter the playoffs as a starter, great. But if not, you find a guy to fill in as SF for the season and reassess the SF situation at the trade deadline. A guy like Batum would’ve really been nice, but there guys like Oubre still out there that you can give a 2+1 year deal to. You could do a S&T and send the Warriors DJJ and 2 2nds. Austin Rivers wouldn’t be a bad backup off the bench.

Dame/Norm/Oubre/Covington/Towns
Rivers/McLemore/Little/Brown/Zeller

That would be a lot more balanced. Little needs to eventually get some playing time with the starters and Greg needs to get bigger and completely fix his shot.
 
riverman said:
Finally have another core piece...locked up for 5....when the casual NBA fan can name your starting 5 you've got a core identity...we haven't really had that since the Wes, Batum, Lamarcus, Dame and Rolo Blazers....can't wait to get back to a core that plays not only an entire season together but multiple seasons together...Go Blazers!
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Dunno if they would be able to name roco off the bat but I see your point.
 
blazerkor said:
This deal is fantastic because if something were to happen and Dame wanted out and we wanted to blow it up... this contract is very valuable. A team would receive a solid two way guard on a very affordable deal that they have him locked into for years. That would bring a good return back.

The only reason I say it this way is because Norm posted "let's run it back" ugh. That's the exact thing Dame said he wasn't cool with. So any way you slice it Olshey did a great job for the team with this deal.
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Wouldn’t really have to be a blowup. You could get Simmons and much more from Philly for Dame. CJ/Norm/RoCo/Simmons/Nurk is a good team
 
KSF-ERIC said:
Wouldn’t really have to be a blowup. You could get Simmons and much more from Philly for Dame. CJ/Norm/RoCo/Simmons/Nurk is a good team
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If Philly won't take a reasonable deal for CJ because they're trying to blow up our team and take our best player ever from us... there are a ton of deals out there for Dame that will bring us back just as much value as Simmons. We wouldn't have to blow it up, you're right, but I hope we would.
 
KSF-ERIC said:
Wouldn’t really have to be a blowup. You could get Simmons and much more from Philly for Dame. CJ/Norm/RoCo/Simmons/Nurk is a good team
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Yes, indeed. Add Thybulle as our sixth man, with Simons and Little (hopefully) contributing down the road with the draft picks we'd get from the 76ers... I would be excited for the future of that team. Younger, bigger, and much better defensively (even if we are missing out on the Dame awesomeness).
 
Credit where credit is due.

As others have pointed out, this move alone doesn't make us serious contenders - but it is certainly a positive move. Olshey got this one right.
 
You have to think that nothing else could really start to happen until this happened. Blazers at least know they have what they had to end last season.
 
I really hope the deal is frontloaded with declining salaries years after years 20-19-18-17-16 would be fantastic.
 
Blazinaway said:
Trent Jr off to a rough start avg a bit less than 14 PPG and shooting poorly at 37% and 35% from 3 in 31 MPG, Powell avg 14 PPG in 5 less minutes and shooting 45% and 41% from 3
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Awesome.
And not to take anything away from Trent. Powell is more of a pro. Because he's been a pro longer, and we simply need that more than an up and comer like Trent.
 
Tyrant of Ants said:
I think Powell is currently the better player and I was/am happy with that trade, but age is a very important factor in determining the value of a player. Trent is the younger player and if he continues to improve even marginally, I'm not so sure if we'll end up on top of that trade.
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Agreed, we may not. But by then Dame will be gone and having Trent would only help get us worse draft picks. With which we could get a much better player. The timing of this trade could wind up helping both teams win.
 
Man, what a terrible, flexibility-killing deal. Can't believe Neil hamstring this franchise like this. So glad we've got sell-low Joe around to help us out of this miserable decision.

/s
 
Even with last nights loss the Clippers have a winning record at 6-5 in a very competitive west. This is a year where Paul George walked for nothing, and having zero games played from Kawhi, very impressive.

Powell is scoring 26ppg, 53% FG, 51% 3pt. Yeah those numbers will come down, but he shot 44% 3pt last season in 76 games. He's legit making a case this season of being the best guard to play for the Blazers in the last decade. Other Blazers guards records right now;

2-8 Dame
2-7 Brogdon
3-8 CJ
3-8 Ant

Appears we decided to retain the worst of the five short guards, and pay him a larger contract than Powell. We got the lowest return of any of those 4 in a trade for Powell which was Eric Bledsoe contract, that is somehow still on our salary cap this season until 2025, and a 2nd round pick named Didi.

Powell has by far the most trade value of any of the four today.

Just another example the Blazers have given us of how to completely fail at building a team long term.
 
Ok I didn't realize Didi is still on the Blazers salary cap until 2029!!! That is insane, from Spotrac;

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from 12 days ago...

jlprk said:
Powell, you were Olshey's best trade. You for Trent and Hood was a steal. A shooter/scorer, you should have been perfect for Stotts' system.
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SharpesTriumph said:
Even with last nights loss the Clippers have a winning record at 6-5 in a very competitive west. This is a year where Paul George walked for nothing, and having zero games played from Kawhi, very impressive.

Powell is scoring 26ppg, 53% FG, 51% 3pt. Yeah those numbers will come down, but he shot 44% 3pt last season in 76 games. He's legit making a case this season of being the best guard to play for the Blazers in the last decade. Other Blazers guards records right now;

2-8 Dame
2-7 Brogdon
3-8 CJ
3-8 Ant

Appears we decided to retain the worst of the five short guards, and pay him a larger contract than Powell. We got the lowest return of any of those 4 in a trade for Powell which was Eric Bledsoe contract, that is somehow still on our salary cap this season until 2025, and a 2nd round pick named Didi.

Powell has by far the most trade value of any of the four today.

Just another example the Blazers have given us of how to completely fail at building a team long term.
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LMAO, you went and dug this up just to make ANOTHER negative post.
Powell the best Blazer best guard to play for the Blazers in the last decade? haha thanks for the laughs.

All those players with a record you posted (which has nothing to do with individual stats btw so not even sure why you posted that) all have average to below coaches. Doc River being very overrated b4 you call him a championship coach.

Ty Lue is one of the best coaches in the league.
 
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