11-29-2020, 11:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-29-2020, 11:08 PM by StepBackJay.)
(11-29-2020, 10:35 PM)KillerLeft Wrote:(11-29-2020, 10:32 PM)Kammrath Wrote:(11-29-2020, 09:28 PM)fifteenth Wrote: I expect them to try DP/KP again. There were factors involved in KP's slow start other than just playing with DP. So that you can't conclude definitively that it was them playing together.
AND there are TWO sides of the ball. KP was BETTER defensively for this team WITH DP.
I don't know why we only look at KP's offensive performance personally and fail to take into account the team aspects like defense.
Yeah, yeah...but seriously, who goes to the bench, DFS, or THJ?
I don't see THJ or DFS going to the bench unless Rick decides to start Maxi or Johnson besides KP in the front court which would push DFS to the bench. THJ definitely produces better in the starting lineup so I don't see that changing. I like DFS but he struggles guarding some bigger 4s. I hope that Rick will at least do some situational starts based on matchups.
With KP out and Powell coming back from injury I would be really surprised to see Powell in the starting lineup. Maxi to me would be likely one of the bigs in the starting lineup, but the other spot is a mystery. I am thinking maybe WCS bc that's why you have him here. He could be the 5 while KP is out. Rick also loves to go small. He could opt for another guard in the starting lineup like he did in the playoffs but I don't think he will.
(11-29-2020, 11:02 PM)KillerLeft Wrote:(11-29-2020, 10:59 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: I don't think they will. We didn't see Rick play KP with another non shooting big all season except once he started Boban with KP. Rick could have started WCS with KP but didn't. Now Powell can presumably rotate to the perimeter better than a more traditional big but I think offensively Rick doesn't want to mess with what works. Rick didn't even try to start MKG, another big that can't shoot next to KP. Rick has embraced the modern NBA. He loves small ball and KP + some of the other guys we have (Maxi,. Johnson) let you play smallish without really giving up much.
I don't see why he would take post Achilles Powell and stick him back with KP, ever. Powell pre achilles was still doing a lot of triple single stay lines. He lookes good in the PNR with Luka but he can do that off the bench. I don't expect to see Powell and KP starting again. That would keep KP out on the perimeter and he's too good to just be a stretch big.
BTW, one of the things coach Carlisle always asks me when I bother him is "who is that guy who's always calling me Rick?" I don't think he likes it very much. Just a friendly FYI.
I am sure Rick reads a lot fan forums. Hi Uncle Ricky, please don't start Powell ever if you are reading this!