The Portland Trail Blazers executed a pretty underwhelming trade yesterday, sending out Norman Powell and Robert Covington for modest returns from the Los Angeles Clippers—Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow, and Keon Johnson—plus a second round pick. The deal also created a $6.5 million trade exception.
For many, the instinctive reactions to the package were disbelief and disappointment. Both totally reasonable feelings. The only thing I would say to these people is, there are still five days left before the trade deadline, let’s not jump to any premature conclusions and call for anyone’s head to roll. I honestly can’t believe some are calling for an Interim General Manager to be sacked after one deal.