06-30-2021, 02:44 PM
(06-29-2021, 06:03 PM)F Gump Wrote: In theory, you can always use another good player.
But finding a way to get him, without the cap room that comes from jettisoning THJ, would be an issue. After that, what you really have is two players with basically the same role and strengths/weaknesses - a wing who is a good scorer/shooter (but not a creator of offense) with defensive weakness. Between the stretch to find a way to get him (which will cause a bleed of talent somewhere else) and the huge amount of money being spent between the two to have a couple of shooters who don't create much, I think it would end up being a very inefficient use of already-scarce resources.
I think Norman Powell is a significantly better defender than THJ. He would be our primary point of attack defender. He is not elite or anything, but he is better than average, where THJ is below average. I have concerns with THJ in the starting lineup due his defensive limitations. I have no such reservations regarding Powell.
That being said, I agree it would not make sense to get both. Given the old regimes relationship with THJ, I did not think Powell was an option. Now it is possible, and I would be willing to spend a good 5 or 6 mil more for him (vs THJ) due to his better fit as a starter.