POWELL THREAD

[Reunion Mav Old]

Here ya go. Good seed post for some punch throwing.

As a long time fan with a very good eye for watching the game, I can confirm that Dan S. makes some excellent and very accurate points. Powell is easy to notice when he gets beat on defense. He is very hard to follow when he does all those numerous and valuable things he does on offense. He is hard to notice when he does so many things he is supposed to do to play team defense. 

Last year, the month before Powell got hurt, 8-10 times I watched him closely as he was getting scored on by the good offensive players he was guarding. But, Powell was winning the plus minus against his own guy. The seemingly superior scorer also could not guard Powell. Powell was either scoring right back or was defeating guys with Picks and rim running. In other words, he was just as unguardable as his opponent. Powell was getting it. Yes, his play was indeed leading to his excellent PER numbers. You have to be very observant and basketball smart to see all that he does. 

There is one guy who clearly sees Powell's value. His name is Coach Carlisle.