Norman Powell, Michael Porter Jr., Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reported that Norman Powell will decline his 2021-2022 player option with the Portland Trail Blazers and become an unrestricted free agent.
Portland guard Norman Powell tells @YahooSports he is declining his $11.6 million player option to become an unrestricted free agent and the Trail Blazers are making the high-flyer their top priority. https://t.co/ms0aBmdx8s
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) July 20, 2021
This may seem like bad news at first, but in reality, the Portland Trail Blazers expected Norm to become a free agent this offseason as he’s certainly outplayed the $11.