Many people were surprised Friday by the Portland Trail Blazers trading Norman Powell to the Los Angeles Clippers, including Norman Powell.
“My agent called me, I didn’t believe it,” Powell said at the Clippers post-game press conference Sunday night.
Just 10 months after Powell was acquired by the Blazers in a trade with the Toronto Raptors, he was dealt to the Los Angeles Clippers to return to the same city he played in during his four seasons at UCLA.
Powell had just began to acclimate to the Portland lifestyle, signing a five-year deal over the summer and buying a house in the area.