12-03-2019, 07:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2019, 08:36 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
(12-02-2019, 08:08 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: Powell had a great game against the Lakers, hope to see him build on that now going forward.
That being said he is still a guy you've got to get out of the starting lineup.
All the data posted above says just the opposite. Powell is a huge part of why the offense works. I get that he's under his career average in every single box score metric. But the team is absolutely killing it with him on the floor. The Powell-Luka-KP combo has a net rating of 9.8. It is 4.8 for Luka and KP. It is 16.0 for Powell and Luka and 12 for Powell and KP. You remove Powell from the starting lineup at great peril to the offense unless you think it is easy to find the number one ball screener in the league.