07-20-2021, 03:06 PM
(07-20-2021, 02:29 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: I guess, the question is, is Norman Powell the better starter? Cause I don't think of THJ as a starter and don't want to pay him starter money. THJ with better defense, and more ball handling and distribution skills is what we would want. Is Norman Powell that on top of being a year younger? If so, I'm on board. If not, might as well keep THJ or go somewhere else with the money.
Precisely this.
THJ's lack of defensive ability (he showed great flashes of defensive *effort* at points this past season, but that's something different, obviously...) makes him binarily not a starter for a Luka-led team. I don't know if Powell is any improvement defensively, but the possibility intrigues me. In that event, saying it's a lateral move would be horse puckey.