12-07-2020, 11:13 AM
@"KillerLeft" all I can say is be patient. KP has a lot of offensive skill but it's still a WIP. He would for sure be wasted as a pure spacer considering he can do much more. We saw flashes of thing where he takes the ball at the top of the key, pumps and then drives and kicks or blows by his guy all the way to the rack. He is a real mismatch for the other team.
The other piece of it was trying to figure out his optimal weight which has been a WIP as well and affects how he plays. I imagine by now he is closer to his ideal weight, whatever that is.
Can his body handle a lot of movement like a poor man's KD or is that going to just get him injured? He and Rick will figure things it. We don't even know 100% who is the best frontcourt partner for KP. Pre-injury the thought was Powell but then we saw a lot of problems with that. Post-injury I thought KP looked amazing and much more involved in the offense as the center. Will Rick go back to that? I have thought now for months he absolutely would but you never know. We won't know for sure until he is back but an early indicator might be whether or not we see Powell in the starting lineup. Rick has been vocal saying he likes Maxi off the bench so if he starts WCS and says the same about Powell then we will know Powell we not be a starter again.
The other piece of it was trying to figure out his optimal weight which has been a WIP as well and affects how he plays. I imagine by now he is closer to his ideal weight, whatever that is.
Can his body handle a lot of movement like a poor man's KD or is that going to just get him injured? He and Rick will figure things it. We don't even know 100% who is the best frontcourt partner for KP. Pre-injury the thought was Powell but then we saw a lot of problems with that. Post-injury I thought KP looked amazing and much more involved in the offense as the center. Will Rick go back to that? I have thought now for months he absolutely would but you never know. We won't know for sure until he is back but an early indicator might be whether or not we see Powell in the starting lineup. Rick has been vocal saying he likes Maxi off the bench so if he starts WCS and says the same about Powell then we will know Powell we not be a starter again.