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MickZagger said:
Powell out in transition is one of the best in the league. A really good defensive guard.
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Great. Skillsets Portland fails to use over and over.
We never get out in transition & we don't play defense.
 
HAAK72 said:
...article from yesterday further highlighting Norm as the secret star of the deadline:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...is-the-secret-star-of-the-nba-trade-deadline/
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love this

Yet here we are, a day away from a deadline in which Powell might be the best scorer that gets traded. If he does get dealt, he would become the highest-scoring 43 percent 3-point shooter ever to be traded at 19.5 points per game. The ends aren't as impressive as the means. Powell generates points in just about every way that an NBA player can do so. He shoots at least 41 percent on both pull-up and catch-and-shoot 3s. He draws more fouls on a per-possession basis than Kyrie Irving and Paul George, makes 64 percent of his field goals in the restricted area and ranks in the 85th percentile or better in terms of spot-up, isolation and pick-and-roll scoring efficiency. He is that preciously rare multi-level scorer, a possible deadline addition as capable of creating shots for himself as he is benefitting from the ones a superstar makes for him.
 
GDiama said:
Powell is better.

But if Powell wants he can leave during summer while we could keep Trent even if he wanted out.

Powell/Little>>Trent/Hood
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theres no sense in paying three guards a lot of money and they didnt want to play trent jr at small forward

powell can play small forward, well see if the blazers will play him there, cause thats the only way they offer him an extension, otherwise it will be the same thing as it was with trent jr

but like i said, if the blazers want to keep him long term and he likes the offer, hes gonna resign for sure, why wouldnt he, were a playoff team
 
HailBlazers said:
As does Trent. So the question becomes which player is actually worth it..
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powell is the better player and hes 27 yo

well see where the blazers gonna play powell, if they play him at small forward, theres a chance we try to resign him, if they play him as backup for cj mccollum, hes as good as gone (in that case wed keep trent jr)

you simply dont pay a lot of money to three guards
 
Cornering the market on undersized SGs that can't pass or rebound. this does nothing for our playoff prospects
 
Raptor fans are saying the same thing about Powell's defense that we're saying about Trent.
 
Mr. Robot said:
powell is the better player and hes 27 yo

well see where the blazers gonna play powell, if they play him at small forward, theres a chance we try to resign him, if they play him as backup for cj mccollum, hes as good as gone (in that case wed keep trent jr)

you simply dont pay a lot of money to three guards
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Hopefully, Dame/Powell will have more synergy on the court... so we can flip CJ for frontcourt help.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Raptor fans are saying the same thing about Powell's defense that we're saying about Trent.
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He did seem much better in his first few seasons.

More focus on defense = less focus on offense I guess.
 
Mr. Robot said:
powell is the better player and hes 27 yo

well see where the blazers gonna play powell, if they play him at small forward, theres a chance we try to resign him, if they play him as backup for cj mccollum, hes as good as gone (in that case wed keep trent jr)

you simply dont pay a lot of money to three guards
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Unless we plan on trading CJ and this is the first step?
 
There was talk on the twitterverse yesterday about Portland being in the market for a rental. A guy we use in the playoffs this year and discard in the summer. Maybe this is just that and nothing more.
 
illmatic99 said:
There was talk on the twitterverse yesterday about Portland being in the market for a rental. A guy we use in the playoffs this year and discard in the summer. Maybe this is just that and nothing more.
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Sweet. So we just let Trent go for nothing. That's fantastic.
 
tester551 said:
I don't put a lot of stock in a SG ability to rebound... so I"m not concerned there.

Powell can pass and create better than either Trent or Hood could.
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He averages 1.8 assists per game in 31 mins. Not really setting the world on fire.

We needed long defenders up front not more guards who all do the same thing.

I don't understand this move.
 
Anfernee Simons gets a phone call:
"Good news and bad news"
"What's the good news?"
"They're trading two of the shooting guards that have squeezed you out of the lineup!"
"What's the bad news?"
 
illmatic99 said:
He averages 1.8 assists per game in 31 mins. Not really setting the world on fire.

We needed long defenders up front not more guards who all do the same thing.

I don't understand this move.
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This is a total Neil move. Completely misunderstanding what's wrong with the team and flat out refusing to make the changes that need to be made.
 
Trent Jr could have been with Dame for long time. But he declined 4 year deal. So we had to get rid of him
 
I think it's a good move. Trent was struggling after he was scouted and Hood obviously is another year away from getting back if he ever does.
More cap space.
They made made a decent move that allows another move that can help the team.
 
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