(12-01-2019, 09:01 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: I wouldn't give up the GS pick, I'd give two future seconds not including that one. I think Iggy can lock down most of the assignments Powell would have and you could just run him out there 15 min/night to keep him fresh. He had long been a LeBron stopper and LeBron is a good 250 lbs.
LeBron is 6'8'' and primarily a perimeter player who drives to the rim. That is a player that Iggy/DFS are generally assigned to. That isn't the same as Davis/Towns... The Mavs need to bring in a big to replace Powell if that is what they feel they need to do. You can't just run Iggy out there at C - forget the things that Powell is asked to do on the offensive side of the ball that Iggy couldn't do. Hey, I have been on the upgrade Powell wagon too. Iggy is not the Powell upgrade.
Acquiring Iggy would almost be as valuable from the sense that you kept him from another team. Because he is near a perfect guy to guard Luka. That and putting him in the rotation with DFS to maintain a solid wing defender on the court at all times. But he is not guarding the bigs you are suggesting and isn't stealing minutes from Powell. Tbh, he is stealing minutes from DFS/THJ/Curry/Brunson/JJax crowd at the 2/3. If I am the Mavs front office, I am prioritizing an upgrade at Powell's position first, and the wing second. If we have upgraded the front line, and we have lee and seconds sitting there and MEM wants to dance, I am game. (I still don't do it for the GS 2nd).