Report: Norman Powell to sign five-year, $90M deal with Trail Blazers

August 02, 2021 - 10:14pm

Portland Trail Blazers forward Norman Powell, left, drives to the basket on Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic, right, during the second half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series in Portland, Ore., Saturday, May 29, 2021. The Blazers won 1115-95. (Steve Dykes/AP)

Norman Powell will sign a five-year, $90-million contract with the Portland Trail Blazers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Free agent G Norman Powell has agreed to a five-year, $90M deal to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, his agent Thaddeus Foucher of @Wasserman tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 3, 2021

The former Toronto Raptors guard averaged 18.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists on 47.7 per cent shooting in 69 games split between Toronto and Portland last season.

Powell joined the Trail Blazers via a trade from the Raptors in exchange for Gary Trent Jr. and Rodney Hood at last season’s deadline.

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