A week ago today, the Portland Trail Blazers made a risky move. At the NBA trade deadline, they shipped off Gary Trent Jr. and Rodney Hood to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Norman Powell. The trade itself received mixed grades, but the take that seemed to be the consensus was as follows: the Blazers got better this year with Powell now on the team.
Hood looked like a shell of himself in Portland, so the real direct comparison is Powell to Trent, and Powell measures out better there, as well.