01-14-2025, 01:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-14-2025, 01:45 PM by SkenfromLMF.)
(01-14-2025, 11:08 AM)mvossman Wrote: I can't imagine any interest in playing Lively at the 4. Still confused why Powell as 3rd C is a problem?
The issue is that one of the reasons Maxi is SUCH a problem stems from his being 3rd C (not Powell) AND backup PF. When Lively or Gafford are missing time our backup bigs are exposed.
I guess where I am at at the moment: I can't see a fix for backup PF between now and the Trade Deadline. Many people are saying that Gafford is the asset we could move to get a player like John Collins (but not quite there with the $$$). IF we had a better 3rd C (that could possibly grow into the #2 slot) it would make me much more comfortable saying that Gafford is expendable. Not willing to say that with Maxi and Powell both on the roster - not hate by any means, but definitely looking to improve.
The thinking regarding Lively would be to match him with another (more mobile than Gafford) player that could go 4/5 not named Maxi.