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What do you think of the Trent/Hood for Powell trade?

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Mr. Robot said:
raps fans said he played a lot of small forward this season
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He had the opportunity because TOR was crap, hurt by injuries and covid, and so he made the most of the opportunity. But SF is not a place you want him in larger stretches if you want to be a contender.

Then again, in Portland, that doesn't seem to matter to some.
 
Hoopguru said:
Take a look at what Jordan Clarkston does for Utah, instant O and a SMALL guard that can handle the ball and go to the hoop besides shoot.
Everyone has been pickering about our guards defense, now we got one that can play defense and some.
Knicks and Lakers still emerging....
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Jordan Clarkson has an assisted FG rate under 40%; Powell's rate is over 66%. So they have different games going.

I've said, at least three times, I think Powell is an upgrade over Trent. But I'm seeing people here, in their enthusiasm, picturing Powell doing thing I'm not sure he is capable of. Powell has also been posting these numbers having played 75% of the time as a starter. It might be different for him if he's playing 2nd unit with Melo & Kanter
 
I view it as he was all Neil could get for Trent. In no way do I see Portland having the money to resign him just like with Trent. I see him as a total rental to be signed by a team with funds in the summer. Let's say he does a great job, how is Neil gonna keep him? It allows Neil to say "I got a defender" knowing full well he can't keep him if he does well. Trent was restricted so the chances were better to keep him.

For some reason I just don't think Trent was ever Terry's guy. Trent is not a Mr. Goodbar like Dame and CJ et al, IMHO. Terry likes his Mr. Goodbars. I hope he does well but as the saying goes, "it's a rennell".
 
wizenheimer said:
* Crabbe was a 44% three point shooter 4 years ago and teams still doubled Dame

* Curry was a 45% three point shooter 2 years ago and teams still doubled Dame

* Trent was a 42% three point shooter last year and teams still doubled dame

* CJ was a 44% three point shooter in the first 12 games of the season and teams were doubling Dame

I think the favorite theory around here about 3 point shooting being the way to stop teams from doubling Dame has proven to be false
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Good points except Powell isn’t one dimensional, he scores from all three levels, so he won’t be sitting in a corner like the other guys. Lineup of Dame, CJ, Powell, Carmelo, Nurk is nice offensive group and allows us to not Rely so heavily on Dame

I was Curry fan really thought we were better team with him in the game
 
1 Eye Jack said:
Good points except Powell isn’t one dimensional, he scores from all three levels, so he won’t be sitting in a corner like the other guys. Lineup of Dame, CJ, Powell, Carmelo, Nurk is nice offensive group and allows us to not Rely so heavily on Dame

I was Curry fan really thought we were better team with him in the game
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It took the Blazers 40 games to figure out NBA Dunk Champ DJJ could seriously throw down running the baseline. Hopefully, the ramp up time is a little faster with Powell.
 
twobullz said:
Depends on what happens after the season, if he walks with no return, not a fan. At least with Trent we had a little leverage with him being a RFA.
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Ofcourse, but by most indications it'd be Crabbe 2.0ish
 
It's a "meh" from me. Powell has only played 19+ minutes a game the last two years, and he's not even a full-time starter on a rather poor Raptors team. He's a good shooter, but that's about it.

If it gets Little on the floor more, then it's a good deal since Powell is probably as good as or better than Trent, although I'm not convinced it's a difference-maker on this team.
 
Ed O said:
It's a "meh" from me. Powell has only played 19+ minutes a game the last two years, and he's not even a full-time starter on a rather poor Raptors team. He's a good shooter, but that's about it.

If it gets Little on the floor more, then it's a good deal since Powell is probably as good as or better than Trent, although I'm not convinced it's a difference-maker on this team.
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Wait, why is this used as a negative? He's playing the best ball of career in those last two years, that's why he's playing more. Looks like they expanded his role and he responded. He's been basically at 60% TS on solid USG in the last 3 years. Guys like that are not easy to find.
 
wizenheimer said:
* Crabbe was a 44% three point shooter 4 years ago and teams still doubled Dame

* Curry was a 45% three point shooter 2 years ago and teams still doubled Dame

* Trent was a 42% three point shooter last year and teams still doubled dame

* CJ was a 44% three point shooter in the first 12 games of the season and teams were doubling Dame

I think the favorite theory around here about 3 point shooting being the way to stop teams from doubling Dame has proven to be false
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Difference is CJ, Powell, Roco and Dame. If they double Dame then the Beast Feasts.
 
Powell shoots 3 more threes per game than Crabbe did here. 44% on 6 threes a game is insane efficiency for a bench player. I think he'll be on the floor to finish games for us.

To call their potential impact the same is kinda shortsighted.
 
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wizenheimer said:
the assertion I was replying to was that a 44% three point shooter was going to make it harder to double Dame. Portland has had 4 different shooters of that caliber over the last 4 seasons and teams have doubled Dame constantly

but I guess somehow, Powell has magic anti-double beans in his pockets
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Yes he does have those magic beans.. I saw them... (I was kidding I agree with you).
 
illmatic99 said:
Powell shoots 3 more threes per game than Crabbe did here. 44% on 6 threes a game is insane efficiency for a bench player. I think he'll be on the floor to finish games for us.

To call their potential impact the same is kinda shortsighted.
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This is Crabbe's best efficiency year vs Powell's last full season:

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More efficient, better rebounder, assists, steals, blocks, more usage, higher advanced stats. Only turnovers is worse.
 

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bobf said:
This is Crabbe's best efficiency year vs Powell's last full season:

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More efficient, better rebounder, assists, steals, blocks, more usage, higher advanced stats. Only turnovers is worse.
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Ya it was a pretty lazy comparison tbh. Powell is just is another realm as a player. If he was on contract for another yr, this woulda been a homerun trade.
 
I'm not sure I fit any of the poll options.

I think it makes us marginally better as Powell is better than Trent.

I worry that we will have nothing to show for this trade in a few months, which would be a disaster. If Olshey can resign Powell to a team friendly deal, then I will happily praise him for the move.
 
LayneStaley said:
Why do we hate dudes that are 6’6”
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Tince said:
I worry that we will have nothing to show for this trade in a few months, which would be a disaster.
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I think "disaster" is overstating it. Trent might've been gone anyway, if somebody gave him a poison pill contract offer (or: even worse, we sign it anyway and he's Crabbe II), and I'm actually glad to offload Hood, nice guy though he seemed to be.
 
This marks the 2nd time the Blazers have traded a Trent to Toronto. Like father, like son.
 
Guys. We won the deadline. Powell is awesome. I was impressed with him in playoffs.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
OK, but the only team that REALLY went all-out smallball was the Rockets with our own RoCo as their C, and it had very mixed results.
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But they aren’t going small ball. They have bigs. They have guys who are 7’, and 6’8’ and small dudes. Who cares what they are called. Nobody in the NBA does.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
I think "disaster" is overstating it. Trent might've been gone anyway, if somebody gave him a poison pill contract offer (or: even worse, we sign it anyway and he's Crabbe II), and I'm actually glad to offload Hood, nice guy though he seemed to be.
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I get your point... I don't think we're in a position to lose a young rotational player for nothing. We need need to consolidate talent for an all-star level player.
 
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