Portland Trail Blazers: Would You Like Some Fries With That Shake (Up)?
Hart was going to opt-out out of his contract with the Portland Trail Blazers after the season. But he’s the kind of player good teams want. A strong defender, Hart can hit from deep and is a phenomenal teammate. We all saw Dame’s reaction to the trade.
Meanwhile, Thybulle will be a restricted free agent and has never developed a shot. He was down to 12 minutes per game in Philly before the Sixers finally threw in the towel and dealt him. That’s not someone for Portland Trail Blazers fans to get excited about.
In the last 12 months, Portland has traded CJ McCollum, Norman Powell, Robert Covington, Josh Hart, Gary Payton II, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker. In return, they have Justise Winslow, Cam Reddish, Kevin Knox, Keon Johnson, Mattise Thybulle, a Knicks first rounder, and a Bucks 2025 first rounder. Oh, and like 50 second round picks.
Most of the cap space the Portland Trail Blazers created by dealing all those players away was used to resign Anfernee Simons and Jusuf Nurkic. So they went from three quality and two fringe rotation players to Thybulle putting up a blistering 2.7 ppg , Justise Winslow, a few guys who , while better than me, aren’t particularly great at NBA basketball, and one pick that will convey before Lillard is 35. GREAT SUCCESS!!