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[dirkfansince1998]

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.

Maxi guarded Giannis on nearly every single possession when both were on the floor at the same time and he did a way better job than Powell. That´s not a suprise because defending athletic 4/5s or even perimeter players has always been Maxis biggest strength. He probably had the best games of his career against Siakam and Zion last season.
In the last few weeks I saw a lot of posts that had Powell starting. Personally I expected him to be worse and that´s the case right now. I am not as concerned about Powells offense. As previous posts mentioned. He doesn´t need to jump out of the building to be a net positive in RCs offense. What I am concerned about is him moving like oldman Dirk on defense. It´s not like Giannis was the only one that torched him. Even Bobby Portis did whatever he wanted and the pick and roll defense (one of his strength prior to the injury) was really bad. 
I am not against an approach where he gets the time and opportunity to prove his on court value. Question is how much time.