As detailed in a previous post ranking the team’s contracts from best to worst, Norman Powell had quite the dismal season last year. Appropriately, Norm was selected as the worst contract on the Toronto Raptors. Powell’s 2017-18 regular season was typified by…
Despite this lack of productivity, here are three key reasons the team cannot yet give up on the 25-year-old out of UCLA…
1. Youth/Age + Contract
Norman Powell is still only 25 years old. Whereas this team has two players over 30 (Kyle Lowry and CJ Miles), who are likely much closer to the end of their careers, Powell can still potentially develop into a productive NBA player.