TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[KillerLeft]

For all the grief he gets around here (much of it deserved), Powell still does some very important things at an elite level, and they are the type of things that largely go unnoticed. 

Watch the Luka highlights from any big game, and instead of watching Luka, watch Powell. He is a MASTER at continuing to play when the initial action is dealt with, often setting 2-3 effective screens during one possession. When Luka gets in the paint and shoots one of those effortless layups, it's quite often owed to Powell back screening the shot blocker almost completely out of the play, and this is frequently improvisational, not planned, and on his second or third effort.

He and Luka truly do have a great chemistry together on the offensive end. It's easy to say that services like that don't require much talent or skill, but outside of Draymond Green I just don't see many players who do those little things so well.

EDIT: this wasn't in a quote of anyone's post because I don't mean it as a rebuttal to anyone specific. I just think Powell does a scad of things that really help the team that we don't talk enough about, usually.

DOUBLE EDIT: If Christian Wood is smart enough to learn half of Powell's "screen assist" tricks while they play together here, he really might become an all-star.