POWELL THREAD

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Maxi and WCS look much better:  Yeah, Maxi and WCS get to guard some guy named Naz and Powell plays almost all of his minutes against KAT.  Yeah, Maxi gets a few possessions against the stars.  Powell gets almost all of his against the other team’s best player.  Scoring stats were offered up as proof in one post.  Powell is the 5th option on O when he’s in the game.  Maxi is arguably the third option when he’s in the game.  Maxi is playing his role incredibly well right now.

That´s just not true. Maxi actually gets more minutes against the best scorers in the league because he is a way better defender. That was basically the story of the early 19/20 season. When the team needs to stop a big wing or bigman Maxi replaces Powell. After Powell went down Maxi´s role changed and he turned into a starter/backup hybrid for the rest of the season.
Maxi was the Mavs first option against Towns, Giannis, Siakam and later in the season against Zion and even Kawhi.

Maxi also isn´t nearly as featured on offense as Powell. When Powell is on the floor he is the focal point of the pick and roll attack. Same cannot be said about Maxi. He spends most of his time as a spot up shooter on the perimeter. Scoring stats were offered up. Maybe you can take a look at the shooting percentages. I provided them as well.
As mentioned. Powell made his biggest impact as a rim runner (I combine screens, timing and finishing ability in this category). In the preseason he wasn´t able to fill that role.