(11-08-2022, 06:55 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: I'm officially pivoting. I have a new hate target.

(11-08-2022, 10:22 PM)cow Wrote: Not good enough.  This teams success started when DP started getting playing time.  Second most important player on the roster is Diamond.  Put some respect on his name.

(11-09-2022, 12:58 AM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: It's also a bit of perspective. McShaqtin being so bad makes Dwight look amazing.

(11-09-2022, 04:58 AM)cow Wrote: Incorrect.

Dwight Powell has played amazing and we don't need to compare him to the other underperforming big men on the roster to say that.  He's more than earned his contract number this season.  He single handedly changed the trajectory of this team.

(11-09-2022, 01:52 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: Idk about all that chief

(11-09-2022, 03:34 PM)cow Wrote: Try watching the games.

(11-09-2022, 04:43 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: I am probably wrong, but tonight feels like a dwight game.  Mavs come out lackluster but Dwight provides energy and gets a double/double type of game.

(11-09-2022, 04:52 PM)dynamicalVoid Wrote: Dude got played off the court in Playoffs and is our second most important player lol.  

All jokes aside...I cant pin point exactly why Dwight as looked better or why he seems to fit better this year.

I have noticed a couple of things...but none of them seem to put him in Playoff playable category to me:

1) He seems to be finishing his buckets at the rim.  2 years ago he would look wild and send a layup over the backboard.   He seems more refined this year in that regard.

2) He doesnt seem to be fumbling the ball into a turnover like in years past.  He would fumble the good passes into the arms of defenders.  I have not noticed him doing that this year.

If he for some reason fixed those issues...does that make him look way better or help the Mavs move the needle?  Does correcting those things even make him Playoff playable?  

Seems like he is not as sloppy this year but I dont know if that makes him a player or not.

(11-09-2022, 04:49 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: If we win this one, Dwight and Josh will be the difference makers for sure. Need the energy to escape this trap game.

(11-09-2022, 05:09 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: I'm more than cool with a Dwight bench role for the duration of the season. I'd be cool with re-signing him as well depending on $.

(11-08-2022, 10:22 PM)cow Wrote: Not good enough.  This teams success started when DP started getting playing time.  Second most important player on the roster is Diamond.  Put some respect on his name.

(03-13-2023, 10:58 PM)SwisherPrice Wrote: The Dwight Powell Experience to start the 2nd half was the boost the Grizzlies needed. It was a close 1st half but when the Mavs came out running the offense through Powell, it showed Memphis that this team was not serious about winning the game tonight. Those were some of the worst minutes I've ever seen from a big man. The guy has had the same role for the last 7 years and is the same exact player. No skills developed at all or improvement. Just the same one-trick pony rim-runner that works for a few times a game but no defense is worried about the few dunks and layups he gets.