03-16-2021, 02:44 AM
(03-16-2021, 01:04 AM)omahen Wrote: I don't think that NO thing was a rumor, it was just a fantasy trade. Nevertheless, I think it would be logical to try to get rid of Powell, so I am not surprised by the rumors at all.
Good point. I went back and looked and it isn't current either. It is four weeks old. Interesting to note that the author of the Gordon/Powell piece is Jake Fischer. Where have we heard that name before?
I still don't get this from the Orlando perspective. Would Powell be the first C off the bench ahead of Birch? That isn't clear to me. I get that Powell could play next to Vuc, but that job eventually belongs to Isaac and Okeke. So, the need is temporary, yet Powell has two years remaining after this one.
Powell isn't a very good conduit to other Mav assets (like Green). Expiring Johnson would be better. To me Johnson and Green makes more sense than Powell and Green if I'm Orlando. I do see the possibility of eating a year of Aminu as part of the price for Gordon. But WCS would make more sense than Powell as a way for Orlando to offload Aminu.
I don't want Brunson as the outgoing in a deal for Gordon. Just creates another hole and I'm not sure Gordon is good enough to warrant losing Brunson.
If Dallas was in conversation with Orlando this summer, it would have been someone plus 18 and 31. I doubt that someone would have been Powell coming off of injury. I totally get Powell being the outgoing from the Dallas perspective. I'm just not buying it from the Orlando perspective.