04-12-2021, 11:02 AM
(04-12-2021, 09:49 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: If he's become quite productive, why does his salary make him untradeable? I agree with you that Powell has certainly improved order of magnitudes since the season has started, but I'm getting mixed messages here.
Either Powell has improved to the point where he can play serious rotational minutes on a playoff team which means he's an asset where his salary isn't a ballast, or he's still underwhelming to the point where he shouldn't be given minutes ergo he's untradeable at his salary point.
I only say that because untradeable is colloquially used for a type of player that's fallen so far that no team in the NBA would ever want them unless they had their own untradeable guy. Not trying to throw semantics everywhere but if we're talking about Powell as an asset we need to be clear on what we truly think he is.
Yeah, untradeable isn't the correct phrase. As we've seen, anyone can be traded. But, it is entirely possible to be valuable in your role and not a trade asset because of your salary. I think that is where Powell is. You can find guys to do what he does for half the price. So, why would a team pay double? They wouldn't without requiring an asset in return or without dumping a similarly overpaid guy in the process. Hopefully that clears up the mixed messages.