Today there was a blockbuster deal in the NBA, with the Clippers trading Bledsoe, Winslow, Johnson and a second-round pick to the Blazers. Got Powell and Covington from the Trail Blazers. Blazers fans will be surprised, although there are no All-Star-level players in this deal, but is it really acceptable to send Powell away from the Blazers fans like this? At that time, it took a lot of effort to get the Powell Trail Blazers. Trent was sent to Toronto, Powell was invited to Portland, and then Powell was given a multi-year contract. Sell it cheaply now, what exactly is the Trailblazer management thinking?
The management of a team dominates the team's renewal, trading and other affairs, and the level of management ability is likely to determine the strength of the team. This is really not just talking, just look at the Operation of the Lakers management this season and we can understand. The Blazers have been a strong team in the West in recent years, they basically can't fall out of the top 8 in the West, lillard's injury this season is indeed a big impact, the Blazers have now fallen out of the top 9 in the West, and it is difficult to impact the playoffs. The reason for all this is directly related to management.
The operation of the Blazers management in recent years is really speechless, first of all, people are not allowed to send Trent away, Trent has scored more than 30 points in 5 consecutive games, equaling the Raptors' historical record. This season Trent has played confidently and calmly, and has attacked and defended well. It's the type of player the Blazers are desperately short of. Although Powell can average 19+3 per game this season and score inefficiently, powell is slightly worse defensive than Trent, and the room for improvement is not as large as Trent. After all, he was 28 years old.
In addition, the Blazers offered Powell a five-year, $90 million contract, which is generally given to Powell to be cultivated as one of the core of the team. As a result, the contract was given to the Blazers for less than a year to trade it, in the name of maintaining the balance of the team lineup and clearing the salary space. That way, the Blazers management is equivalent to a bamboo basket to hit the water, in exchange for Bledsoe and Winslow's strength can never be compared with Powell.
The main thing is that the main purpose of the trade for players of Powell's level is the future. Then the Blazers should focus on the first-round draft picks, and as a result, they only traded one second-round draft pick. I don't know if they also released water during the negotiations.
In short, the brain circuits of the Blazers management are very incomprehensible, and this period of operation not only weakens the team's strength, but also damages the team's future. To get only one mediocre second-round draft pick is to punch yourself in the face. Seeing these moves, I don't know how Lillard felt. The team continues to weaken its strength, and the probability of the Blazers competing for the championship is getting lower and lower. Does Lillard still want to stick to the one-man-one-city strategy?
An experienced and visionary management can make a good team, such as the Grizzlies, the Suns, the Heat. Thanks to the presence of excellent management, the team is competitive. On the other hand, if a team management is frequently comatose and constantly weakens the strength of the team, I am afraid that there will be only one result in staying in such a team, and several stars of the Blazers will realize it as soon as possible. Dear readers, how do you rate the Trail Blazers' deal with the Clippers today? Feel free to leave a comment in the comments section below the article.