01-14-2025, 01:09 AM
(01-13-2025, 10:07 PM)SkenfromLMF Wrote: Right now Powell is your 4th C...
The question to ask is IF you upgraded Maxi as the 3rd C, would you then be comfortable with OMax only playing the 4? I don't know that answer as yet. Would you be willing to roll out a guy like Saddiq Bey as the backup 4??
Right now I think our best option at the 4 (when everyone is healthy) is PJ/Naji/Luka. Its a little undersized, but that is putting our best players on the court.
The real issue is that those three have missed a ton of games collectively. Omax is not ready and Maxi is a disaster at the 4 in his current offensive funk. Bey doesn't really address the lack of size. What I think we need is a player that can backup both the 4 and 5. That makes the most sense with Maxi going out, but that will be easier to do in the offseason when Maxi is an expiring. Something like Maxi + Hardy + first for Obi Toppin like Dan suggested could make some sense. I would probably prefer someone a little more defensive oriented, but that is the kind of move I would be looking for. I'm just not sure it gets done at TDL, in which case we need those three to be healthy, or Omax to make a big jump, or Maxi to pull out of his funk.