01-02-2021, 09:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-02-2021, 09:47 AM by KillerLeft.)
(01-02-2021, 09:38 AM)DanSchwartzman Wrote: One of the biggest questions about what happens when KP comes back is who sits among what then amounts to six starters. Most of the attention focuses around it being either Powell or DFS. Powell sitting makes sense based on what the Mav's did after Powell's injury and how it "appears" that moment in time "allowed" KP a bigger role (a development that would have happened eventually anyway). DFS sitting makes more sense because he's more effective as a three and the period of time when we had Powell as a starter with KP was the period where our historically efficient offence was actually at its best. We have lots of experience seeing what DFS looks like with the starters and a single big. We have very little recent experience seeing Powell with starters alongside another big. Powell has never been suited to be a stand-alone big. But last night was a good reminder of how good things were when he's with starters and another big.
Are you 100% positive it won't be THJ going to the bench? I'm not. I don't know if the shooting will be good enough with Luka/Richardson/DFS/Powell/KP, but I'd like to see them try it.
EDIT: In addition to the shooting, I guess it matters greatly whether Carlisle wants to play the pick and roll action through Powell, or if he'd prefer Porzingis. Powell will be kind of useless out there if they directly involve KP. They'd need better shooting in that case.
I can't wait to see what's what.