Cavs: What suggested trade target Norman Powell could provide

Powell would provide the Cavs with a key reserve scoring presence

This season, Powell’s had a career-best 16.3 points per outing overall, thanks to how he’s rebounded after starting off slow in his first 10 games of this season, realistically. After that stretch, Powell’s efforts have been crucial in Toronto getting themselves back on track.

In his past 13 games active, Powell’s averaged 20.8 points per contest on 49.5 percent shooting, which has included him hitting 44.2 percent of his 6.6 three-point attempts per outing in that span. That scorching stretch of games for him, in which he has started nine of them actually, has been big for Toronto, and Powell, ultimately.

In regards to Powell, though, he’s mostly been a bench contributor for Toronto, and I still believe ideally, he’s a key bench scoring player, as he still often was last season for the Raps. And that was involving that from him in the postseason for Toronto last year as well.

So with Powell, whose very much come on as a three-point shooter over the past three seasons, as he’s 40.0, 39.9 and 43.8 percent over the past three seasons from there, he could help Cleveland from that standpoint, for one in reserve minutes. And while I still have liked what he’s done in other areas, if that means Dylan Windler’s role is cut down, so be it, as Windler has struggled as a deep shooter mostly.

Powell could give Taurean Prince, who I firmly believe will be Cleveland’s bench bucket-getter primarily even more so when Kevin Love is back, some more room to operate, too, and/or have a solid two-man game with Powell, even.

Those two, along with either Darius Garland or Collin Sexton, to go with either Isaac Okoro/Cedi Osman with Jarrett Allen could provide some nice offensive juice as a group for Cleveland for stretches, too.

Powell’s a guy that can create for himself on-ball, also, and again, could take some pressure off of Sexton/Garland in notable bench minutes, I’d think. That sort of thing could aid Cleveland from an on-ball element, and again, Powell could be an added floor spacer in his potential minutes-share with the Cavs.

So, moving along, we’ll next touch on how Powell could possibly be a piece the Cavs might want to have in coming years, too, and we’ll briefly touch on the other suggested pieces/how the Cavs could make this work roster number-wise.