05-10-2021, 03:48 PM
(05-10-2021, 03:36 PM)dynamicalVoid Wrote: One thing I will say in Holmes favor...and I might be completely wrong on this...
He seems extremely light on his feet and athletic. I dont think Powell has near the lateral quickness Holmes has. I think Powell is coming along better than people hoped...but he seems hampered laterally. And...that might have nothing to do with his injury.
What I am trying to say and its not a perfect description is...Holmes looks like a cat and Powell like a dog athletically. Almost to the point is looks like Holmes could guard 1 through 5. Powell cant hang with guards. You have to have fundamentals, though...and Powell has them. I dont know anything about the small details that make a PF good or sloppy. Is Holmes good or sloppy...I dont know.
DP moves his feet really well, that's actually the thing he does good on defense. He is not a shot blocker per se (altho randomly has been blocking shots recently) and gets pushed around by bigger bodies. I do like that he slides around to the right spot on defense at least in the paint. He can close out to shooters as well. Any big is going to have some trouble staying in front of a fast guard out on the perimeter but Mavs do drop coverage usually anyways in those situations. I have seen DP have some success on nights where KP is out and Mavs decide to do a lot of switching.