Norman Powell: Losing Paul George is addition by subtraction. Update: Norm: Everybody now is coachable

[Homer38]

The 3 times that a team lost Paul George during the offseason they have a better season the year after....

[SweaterBae]

I'm so glad Portland didn't trade him for Eric Bledsoe.

[Lalouie]

norm is 5yrs away from where all these older guys are now

the clips are very fortunate. i wouldnt hang it all on pg. he's at that age point when he doesn't matter anymore. lebron and curry don't matter. i'm not going to say kd doesn't matter but kd has played in only 2/3 of phx's games and that team is beset by woe anyways

[ratul]

Normgod bringing prophecies

[Johnny Bball]

Its a shame that Norm's deal has one more year after this. Because this year just set up perfect for him to be a UFA.

[OkcSinceSGA]

The 3 times that a team lost Paul George during the offseason they have a better season the year after....

It’s pretty crazy they are 19-13 without Kawhi suiting up, and a pretty tough schedule the first part of the season.

[sashaturiaf]

The 3 times that a team lost Paul George during the offseason they have a better season the year after....

It’s pretty crazy they are 19-13 without Kawhi suiting up, and a pretty tough schedule the first part of the season.

Not crazy when Harden still is an offensive system all by himself. Powell and Zubac are having career seasons playing off Harden and the rest of the roster brings the energy and athleticism.

[OkcSinceSGA]

The 3 times that a team lost Paul George during the offseason they have a better season the year after....

It’s pretty crazy they are 19-13 without Kawhi suiting up, and a pretty tough schedule the first part of the season.

Not crazy when Harden still is an offensive system all by himself. Powell and Zubac are having career seasons playing off Harden and the rest of the roster brings the energy and athleticism.

Yet almost nobody had them competing (I was one of the very very few here or in media saying they would still be a playoff team without Kawhi, and over .500). MANY people had them at the bottom of the conference, and not even a play in team. Some projections had them as 13th in the conference! So it's easy to say this now, but few did at the time. In my preseason prediction thread I said they would be over .500 without Kawhi and a top 5 defense.

[ItsDanger]

meh, some GMs would rather go with younger options that were to supposed to be cheaper and with fake upside

[NO-KG-AI]

The 3 times that a team lost Paul George during the offseason they have a better season the year after....

I won’t say Paul George is a problem… the problem is teams treat Paul George like he’s prime LeBron James. They need to treat him like the low 20’s scorer and halfway decent passer he is instead of building teams and making concessions like he’s about to dominate for significant stretches.

[Jeremy Lin 7]

meh, some GMs would rather go with younger options that were to supposed to be cheaper and with fake upside

Another Masai blunder that goes unnoticed. Gary Trent turned out to be another inefficient shot-chucker with his father claiming him to be the 2nd coming of Jordan on every podcast.

This is what happens when you trade a known commodity for a mystery box

[OkcSinceSGA]

The 3 times that a team lost Paul George during the offseason they have a better season the year after....

I won’t say Paul George is a problem… the problem is teams treat Paul George like he’s prime LeBron James. They need to treat him like the low 20’s scorer and halfway decent passer he is instead of building teams and making concessions like he’s about to dominate for significant stretches.

Each fanbase post Indiana probably doesn't miss the inconsistencies. I am always the type of fan that would rather be predictably bad or mediocre than tricked into thinking your team has a shot at winning, only to be a huge let down. I don't like surprises. I'm the same with movies. If I go into a movie knowing it's mid, and expecting it to be mid.. it doesn't bug me at all. But if I go in expecting a great movie and it's bad to mid, I'm pissed I spent money.

PG was that way. He was coming off an MVP tier season and I was expecting if you're gonna lose SGA... he's gonna be a high level perennial all star to MVP tier guy for at least a few years. The first year or two he was I'd say only slightly disappointing (2021 playoffs being fantastic).. but by year 3 man...

[Shock Defeat]

Was Norman Powell right?

[zimpy27]

Has anyone ever been more correct than Norman Powell?

[Thaddy]

Powell is a future GM

[LakersSoul]

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I don’t think he’s completely wrong

Damn! PG just proved Normal Powell right!

[MVP1992]

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