THJ for the bench!

[dirkfansince1998]

You are making assumptions also.  Powell played against starters during the time frame in question.  Maxi played against backups.  Yet, Maxi + KP wasn't as good as Powell + KP.   Are you next going to tell me teams player their best players as backups?

You are trying to create a narrative around an off the cuff comment about managing minutes and one game where he famously was asked to guard Zion.  Maxi isn't as good when he starts and he's not as good when he goes over 30 minutes.  AND he's not as strong a pairing with KP as Powell is with KP.  Those are all facts.  You can make whatever supposition you wish and then pretend your opinion has overcome facts.  In the end, it is still just an opinion.

Not like Maxi wasn´t guarding the best opposing wing or big in other games. AD, Siakam or Giannis. Kawhi in the playoffs. I agree that Maxi struggles when he gets more than 20-25 minutes per game. He just lacks the durability to play 82 games / 30+ minutes. I am also not sure why he completly abandoned any inside scoring. He used to be a solid rim runner (obviously not close to Powell). So far he had 17 FGA. 16 3s and one midrange jumper. Not a single layup or dunk attempt.
That´s obviously his role in the offensive scheme but not involving him in the pick and roll or asking him to cut makes the offense more predictable and easier to defend when he is on the floor.
That said. A guy that is shooting 50% from 3 isn´t the problem. More about the rest of the team. Against the Hornets Maxi and THJ were the only guys that could make a jump shot. Maxi cannot create for himself and after he made three shots in a row they simply denied him any further shot attempt.

Based on the small sample size of 3 preseason and 4 regular season games it is pretty obvious that the current version of Powell shouldn´t be on the floor in a competitive game. The boxscore, +/-, my eyes...are all telling the same story. Powell has been beyond bad on both ends of the floor.
I really don´t get what RC is trying to prove right now. Powell won´t improve over night and asking him to play when he clearly isn´t ready won´t help him.