(07-22-2021, 09:56 AM)Mak Wrote: Doesn’t really make sense to trade Powell at the moment (barring some highly unlikely no-brainer opportunity for a superstar acquisition).
Before he was signed to his current contract, he was on a gradual progression of improvement which could have made this current contract theoretically a high value asset … but the unfortunate injury set that timeline back quite a bit. His numbers started rising again though as the season went on and it looks like he’s getting back on track to become a positive asset again. Probably best to hold on to our Diamond for now until the shine is back.
Plus, having quality big man depth is never going to be a bad thing for any team building around habitual-DNP’r Kristaps Porzingis … and ultimately, might be a requirement.
Mavs and BkN are the only teams in the league paying 10+ mil to a back up centre. But BkN starter is a vet min while Mavs starter is being paid 30 mil. These are the salaries of back-up centres:
Atl: Okongwu 6 mil on a rookie deal
Bos: Williams 2 mil on a rookie deal or Thompson 9 mil (and we all know they regret Thompson badly)
Bkn: DeAndre 10,3 mil (big mistake, but with their payroll at 160+ mil it makes less damage)
Chi: Theiss at 5 mil
Cha: Biyombo at vet min
Cle: Do they even hava a back up C? Love? Nance? Both more PF than C.
Den: JaVale at 4 mil
Det: Stewart rookie deal
GSW: Looney at 4,8 mil
Hou: do they even have a back-up centre?
Ind: Goga on rookie deal
LAC: Zubac or Ibaka, combined 16 mil on centre position, basically neither played in the playoffs
LAL: Harrell at 9 mil and they regret it. Gasol played back up at 2,5 mil
Mem: Tillman on rookie deal
Mia: Dedmon on vet min
Mil: no back up centre
Min: Reid on rookie deal
NO: Hayes on rookie deal
NY: Noel for 5 mil
OKC: was Brown on rookie deal
Orl: Bamba on rookie deal
Phi: Howard on vet min
Pho: Saric for 8 mil
Por: Kanter for 5 mil
Sac: Whiteside for vet min
SA: Eubanks on rookie deal
Tor: Baynes for 5 mil (after they got Birch)
Uta: Favors for 9 mil and they regret it
Was: Lopez for 7 mil
Mavs are wasting cap at back-up centre position. There is just not enough minutes to justify that salary