Blazers forward Justise Winslow made his debut with the team on Saturday, finishing with six points and seven rebounds off the bench in a loss to Milwaukee, Jason Quick of The Athletic writes. It was Winslow’s first action since being acquired in a trade with the Clippers just 24 hours prior.
“He has been around a lot of different teams, and all the intel on him is really good,” head coach Chauncey Billups said. “Just a great dude, a winning player. Everybody who plays with him loves him. Those are the type of guys that you love.”
Portland acquired Winslow, Eric Bledsoe, Keon Johnson and a 2025 second-round pick in the deal, sending out Norman Powell and Robert Covington. At 21-33, the team currently owns the 10th-best record in the Western Conference.
Here are some other notes from the Northwest Division:
- Joe Mussatto of The Oklahoman previews the upcoming February 10 trade deadline for the Thunder. Mussatto examines the situations of Luguentz Dort, Kenrich Williams and others, also exploring why a trade for injured Jazz wing Joe Ingles makes sense.
- The Jazz found success by starting Udoka Azubuike over Hassan Whiteside against the Nets on Friday, Sarah Todd of the Deseret News writes. Azubuike finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds in 24 minutes of action, helping Utah secure a 125-102 home victory. Rudy Gobert remained out due to a calf injury.
- Jazz coach Quin Snyder and forward Danuel House have exited the NBA’s health and safety protocols, according to Eric Walden of the Salt Lake Tribune (Twitter links). House was a participant in practice on Sunday, the final day of his 10-day contract.
I’m sure many Jazz fans agree with me that they’ve been very happy with Danuel House’s play with all the injuries/covid protocols lately. He definitely deserves regular rotation minutes, not just a roster spot.
House isn’t afraid to shoot, shoots well, has great energy and team play. Plus, most importantly, he’s long and plays solid defense. We’re a bit small at too many positions to not sign him.
People only focus on Harden but that Rockets team was legit a couple years ago. House, Tucker, Eric Gordon. Wonder what could have been if they held on to Capela…
Exactly! They just couldn’t figure that 2nd main piece. Paul seemed to work fine except for his injuries. They got impatient.
As a fan of the Jazz so far I’ve been impressed with House’s play so far and with the injury to Ingles I’m all for signing him for the rest of the season. Let’s not forget that his time in is Utah is a small sample size and the reason that Houston cut him is that he was showing real signs of regression since he had that one very good year in Houston.
Winslow had 6pts while Norm Powell had 28 & Rocco 13 … Still overpaid and washed players ?
Chauncey sounding like he doesn’t realise the ship is sinking around him.
That did seem like a weird trade. Although, I think they did it to free up playing time for Anfernee Simons. He’s a good player. Liked him back in his original SL days.