2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[DanSchwartzgan]

I think that Green and one other guy who expects to play aren't going to play very consistently, especially when KP comes back. Green is a rookie, so it won't bother him or anyone else so much, but who's that other guy gonna be? Johnson? WCS? It's not going to be Powell, that's for sure.

I think Green will at least get some second quarter burn.  Carlisle does this sometimes with young players and then tightens the rotation in the second half.  If you see Green consistently playing in the second half of games once KP is back, it will tell you a lot about what the team thinks.

We should all be routing for WCS to take the Johnson minutes relegating Johnson to Boban status.  We have a TO that is cheap on WCS next season and full Bird rights the season after that.  If last night is anything close to real and can be done with consistency we filled a very important hole.

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dirkfansince1998

I think based on what we have seen from Powell he isn´t close to the player that he was prior to his injury. With a reduced vertical and Dirk-like lateral quickness he has been a liability.  

That said. The sample size is super small and RC is obviously watching them every single day. I think right now they are giving Powell the benefit of the doubt. 
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Powell is miles ahead of where the board presumed him to be as recently as two weeks ago.  Do we really have to move the goal line after two pre-season games.  BTW, part of what makes Maxi look good is he spends a fraction of the time guarding Gianis that Powell does.  If this was anyone else but the hated Powell, we'd be rejoicing at the amazing progress.  Maybe we wait a month or two and see what we actually have before making snap judgments.

Hanspard is right.  Powell does some things extremely well, but they aren't the things the board necessarily values.  Carlisle does value them and has for years.  At some point we have to consider that maybe it is the board that is off-base on this.