(12-15-2020, 07:44 PM)omahen Wrote: Well, he is proving to everyone that recent injury is a thing of past. I don't see much difference between pre injury and post injury Powell, other than perhaps a little rust that need to be shaken off. That's why I don't agree that he is a huge negative. Let's take OPJ example. Chicago will be moving him only, if they are tanking. If they are tanking, they don't need (max) cap space because no free agent will want to go there anyway. So if Mavs are offering a pick for OPJ, they would do it, imho. Who else of the contenders can even match that 28 mil salary anyway and offer a pick?
Powell doesn't look as springing. He'll need time to shake the rust off (I'm calling that a season). That's why I was thinking the next TDL.
What pick are we offering for OPJ again? I wouldn't give up a significant asset for OPJ. Paying JRic and OPJ in the offseason means your core is them with KP and Luka. I think they MBT will have their sights set a tad higher than that.
(12-15-2020, 07:47 PM)FunkBoreland Wrote: I don't think most people on this board realize how much of a "high culture" player is valued in a professional sports team. Your one of the few that repeatedly says this of Powell despite knowing his not the ideal Forward/Center, he has intangibles that doesn't show up on stats.
Go through my post history. I'm the president of the Dwight Powell fan club.