TAMPA, FLORIDA - MARCH 28: Gary Trent Jr. #33 of the Toronto Raptors (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
The Toronto Raptors decided to get younger at the trade deadline without sacrificing quality, trading Norman Powell to the Portland Trail Blazers in a trade that brought Gary Trent Jr. over to Toronto 41 games into his third season, the exact same length of time it took Gary Trent Sr. to get traded up north. Go figure.
Powell is starting to morph into one of the game’s best scorers, but he will almost assuredly opt out of his player option in pursuit of a bigger deal elsewhere.