Since we know for a fact that Norman Powell plays best when he’s facing off against the Bucks, the team that traded him for the trash bag full of used diapers that was Greivis Vasquez, I have a bold new plan to ensure that Powell can play to his maximum potential:
After every game, trade him to the team that next plays the Bucks.
Yeah, the volume of transactions would get tiring after a while, but this would actually be super convenient for Powell. Most of the time, when a player gets traded, they have to figure out long-term housing in their new city. Powell can just stay at hotels and stuff because he knows that he’s just going to get traded again once the game is over. Also, there would be no expectation that Powell learn his new team’s offense or adapt to their locker room. He would just show up, effortlessly drop thirty or forty points against the Bucks while his unfamiliar teammates play a supporting role, and then leave.
To minimize the impact on the players that are getting traded for Powell, all thirty GM’s of the league (well, 29; the Bucks’ GM isn’t included in this) agree to a “trade-back” program where players will always end up back on their original team after Powell is done using up their roster spot to destroy the Bucks. For example: Toronto trades Powell to the Thunder (the Bucks’ next opponent) for Terrence Ferguson. After the Thunder win 150-80 and Powell records a triple-double five-by-five and breaks Kobe’s 81-point record, the Thunder trade Powell to the Bulls (the Bucks’ opponent after that). However, that trade is actually a three-team trade, as the Raptors send Ferguson back to the Thunder in exchange for Luke Kornet from the Bulls. And so on and so forth. I call it “The Perpetual Trade Triangle”.
I talked to Adam Silver and he’s totally willing to waive the trade deadline in order for this plan to work the whole season. Who ever said I don’t want Raptors players to succeed? Although, under this plan, Powell isn’t really a Raptor anymore. Oh well. It’s still a genius plan anyway.