Did Neil f**k up?

[Fez Hammersticks]

...again?

44 pt game...

Set Raptor’s all-time +/- for a game...

Hit a game winner...

Powell and GTJ are similar in a lot of ways with the difference being, and it’s a biggie, is the killer instinct that Gary has shown at the ripe age of 22.

 

[MadeFromDust]

Trent would not have re-signed here anyway. Perhaps we should have traded CJ instead of him though which I would have been ok with.

 

[Tince]

I think we'll be able to rank this move with a much greater perspective this summer.

If Olshey lets Powell walk for nothing, then it will be another failure.

 

[B-Roy]

Last game he was 6 points 1 rebound in 39 minutes.

His PER before this game with the raps was 8.9. True shooting 48%. This will bring him back to where he was with us. He’s basically the same player.

 

[brooklynballer]

...again?

44 pt game...

Set Raptor’s all-time +/- for a game...

Hit a game winner...

Powell and GTJ are similar in a lot of ways with the difference, and it’s a biggie, is the killer instinct that Gary has shown at the ripe age of 22.

All that and on 17/19 FG. Amazing night by GTJ. The team may regret the decision to trade him (and not CJ).

 

[KeepOnRollin]

TBD.

But right now, nah.

 

[illmatic99]

No.

 

[Chris Craig]

 

[Minstrel]

Great night, mediocre player.

I could be wrong about his ultimate level, but one career night doesn't make me think I'm wrong.

 

[Titan]

Not really, but if he’s doing that every night next year on a near max contract, then probably. So it’s a wait and see since 1 game is too small

 

[kjironman1]

We all watched Trent streak his way into the lineup. Then we all watched Trent go into one of the longest shooting droughts a player has had this year on this team.
Trent seems like he plays on adrenaline and loves to make his mark but soon he gets stagnant. Not sure this 44 points is more than a hot shooting night.

It also was against the Cavs which is a bad team in the east. They play the Knicks tomorrow. Lets look again after that game.
Kanter just hammered the Pistons for 24-30.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

We all watched Trent streak his way into the lineup. Then we all watched Trent go into one of the longest shooting droughts a player has had this year on this team.
Trent seems like he plays on adrenaline and loves to make his mark but soon he gets stagnant. Not sure this 44 points is more than a hot shooting night.

It also was against the Cavs which is a bad team in the east. They play the Knicks tomorrow. Lets look again after that game.
Kanter just hammered the Pistons for 24-30.

Only 15 other times, before Kanter tonight, has a player had 30 boards in a game over the last ~40 years.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Trent would not have re-signed here anyway. Perhaps we should have traded CJ instead of him though which I would have been ok with.

We had his rights it wasn’t his choice

 

[Mr. Robot]

you dont trade cj mccollum (unless you get equally good player or better) while you have dame lillard, simple as that

you dont pay a lot of money to three guards, it makes no sense, so gtj had to go, it was the right choice

the only chance blazers re-sign powell is if he shows he can play well at small forward, otherwise it will be similar sitation as it was with gtj, difference being that powell will be ufa if he opts out, which he will

 

[Rastapopoulos]

If he continues to do this every night, and Powell continues to score in single digits with 5 TOs, then yes.

 

[TBpup]

We all watched Trent streak his way into the lineup. Then we all watched Trent go into one of the longest shooting droughts a player has had this year on this team.
Trent seems like he plays on adrenaline and loves to make his mark but soon he gets stagnant. Not sure this 44 points is more than a hot shooting night.

It also was against the Cavs which is a bad team in the east. They play the Knicks tomorrow. Lets look again after that game.
Kanter just hammered the Pistons for 24-30.

Uh....the Pistons that you mentione that Kanter just hammered for 24/30....are 3.5 games behings the 'bad' Cavs that Trent scored his 44 points against.

 

[James lamphear]

On any trade with a player that makes a lot of money do you really get equal value in that trade. I really believe if you going to fire the coach you probably have to get rid of your star players. The reason Dame and CJ are so bake how they do thing on the court can they actually change there game with a new coach. Can a new rein in them in to not go iso so much that's take the players game away from them. If Stotts go I think CJ has to go too because I don't see Dame going anywheres

 

[e_blazer]

Uh....the Pistons that you mentione that Kanter just hammered for 24/30....are 3.5 games behings the 'bad' Cavs that Trent scored his 44 points against.

So isn’t the point the same? Kanter is a really good rebounder, but I’m not expecting him to put up the kind of numbers on a nightly basis that he did against the woeful Pistons. Gary can be a good scorer, but I don’t expect he’s going to put up the kind of numbers he did last night against better competition. I think he has a bright future and Toronto got a solid prospect for their starting 2 guard. From what we’ve seen over the past few seasons, I think we know that Trent is a good shooter, but he’s streaky. I see him as being more of a Wesley Matthews than an All Star.

 

[Orion Bailey]

No. He didn't fuck up. He needed to make a move, period. He is also shooting for a post game run and feels a champion Powell and his vet experience will supersede Trent's lack of.

Problem is he is allowing Stott's to use Powell completely wrong. Stotts has too much of a leach and if it doesn't get reigned in immediately, we have lost.

I used to like Stotts. I now see him as the bulk of the problem with Olshey being an enabler by allowing Stotts too much leeway. Olshey has brought in players that may work together IF used correctly. Sotts is taking the players and tossing them against the wall and the five that stick are the starters.

Fuck Stotts.

 

[Strenuus]

Look at big sample sizes. Come on guys. Haven't any of you taken Stats class before? Lol.

Besides, whether we had his rights or not, he was gonna command too much. I think Olshey should be fired along with stotts, but not for something like this.

 

[julius]

Last game he was 6 points 1 rebound in 39 minutes.

His PER before this game with the raps was 8.9. True shooting 48%. This will bring him back to where he was with us. He’s basically the same player.

I'm happy for him, and when I saw that he went off last night I checked his basketball reference page, and was kind of surprised that his #'s are actually worse (before last nights game) than they were in Portland.

So I checked out his game log, and saw that he had 2 lemons in a row, and really it just appears that we will hear about his good games only and act like his bad games didn't happen.

 

[James lamphear]

Trent is streaky as a shooter and his defense is for a team that actually knows how to play team defense.

 

[kjironman1]

Uh....the Pistons that you mentione that Kanter just hammered for 24/30....are 3.5 games behings the 'bad' Cavs that Trent scored his 44 points against.

No argument from me on that. They both are in the east and not doing well. Pistons 16-37 last place. Cavs 19-33 12th seed. Are you suggesting Trent could do this against a .500 team or even a good team? We watched this guy this year just like Kanter. Both have good games and bad. There were games this board has screamed "Can't Play Kanter". We also had numerous game threads that were calling Trent a one trick pony that was way over rated on the defensive end.

 

[wizenheimer]

I'm in favor of gouging Olshey at every opportunity (to start with, it's entertaining for my slightly troll-ish nature), but this isn't one of those opportunities...yet

he traded a streaky young player, 8 years younger than Dame, for a more consistent established veteran that theoretically fits better into Dame's timeline. The narrative about frittering away Dame's prime points out the advisability of a Trent for Powell swap

I do think that Powell is miscast as the starting SF, but that would be true of Trent as well. I would have preferred a trade for Gordon if Portland's cost would have been similar to Denver's. Gordon wouldn't have been miscast in the starting lineup, IMO

 

[blazerkor]

I really doubt that Powell is excited to try and cover for the shortcomings of CJ and Dame on the defensive end, while giving up shots and touches to them on offense. At this rate with his opinion about our defense and the fact that he's scoring five less per game, Powell will leave and we will be left with nothing. If that happens this is disastrous and a huge fuck up. If Powell re-signs it might not even be a good deal... I didn't like how small Gary was at SF, so obviously I'm not too excited about Powell playing there, even though he seems to be a defensive upgrade over Gary at this point in their careers.

The fact is, if you can get a guy who is known as a really good defender and is scoring 20 ppg then you know that Gary had value. So for me getting a longer term asset than less than half a season was crucial. I guess the question is, are Powell's bird rights worth as much as Gary's RFA rights and to me the answer is simply no.

It's too big of a gamble and honestly the only way that I see it paying off is if both Stotts and CJ are gone and we can convince Powell that playing next to Dame is the place where his career will flourish the most. In that situation as well, Neil fucked up because the only way Stotts and CJ are gone is if Neil is fired.

 

[Natebishop3]

If Neil keeps CJ.... he fucked up.

If he trades CJ and keeps Norm, I think it was an okay move.

 

[BlazerBeav]

Just an update: at halftime today, he's 3-8 for 7 points and a -11 versus the Knicks.

 

[wizenheimer]

Just an update: at halftime today, he's 3-8 for 7 points and a -11 versus the Knicks.

he ended up with a typical CJ game

but the Raptor I wish Portland had was Chris Boucher

 

[mook]

If Neil keeps CJ.... he fucked up.

If he trades CJ and keeps Norm, I think it was an okay move.

More needs to change than just trading CJ, but yes, this is a good start.

Every year we keep CJ and Stotts is another year we've wasted of Dame's career.

 

[Jayblaze]

Cj,nurk for middleton than resign powell. Dame, powell ,middleton,roco, and zach collins