(09-04-2020, 12:21 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: Scott, before the injury, Powell was ELITE as a vertical, rim running threat, and was probably the second most important contributor to the offensive rating we've been discussing all season.
Our offense didn´t miss a beat without Powell. Yes he´s elite at rim-running, catching and dunking, but so are dozens of other players, occasionally they are also good at defense or shooting, which Powell is not. Therefore his simple skillset is now specialised and noteworthy. Nobody ever said: Well that Porzingis is an elite ball catcher and dunker.
You can draft Tyler Bey at #26 or Isaiah Stewart at #31, pay them $1.5M for the next four years and they do everything Powell does, with better defense.
I don´t hate what Powell does, but nobody ever pays these type of centers more than $5M a year. His contract extension was bad cap allocation the moment it happened, and that was before he tore his achilles.