07-12-2022, 08:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-12-2022, 08:24 PM by KillerLeft.)
(07-12-2022, 07:48 PM)F Gump Wrote: Don't sweat the small stuff, bro. Powell has been 100% replaced (unless they need an emergency fill-in). They have no real need (or place) to play him with McGee here. But he doesn't have to go just to go -- he's now an $11M expiring filler for a trade, if they find one, and makes more sense to keep just in case.
Well, the 4 bigs worry was only part of what upset me.
For me, the whole idea of needing to replace Powell at all was to ween themselves off of depending on a player like that in situations where it was a negative. Upgrading Powell would be fine, but not necessary once Wood was added, imho. I would be fine with Powell still to be the 3rd big (which is what I believe McGee will be in certain playoff matchups).
Think of it this way: can they get to a 9-man rotation without using EITHER Powell OR McGee (if they need to)? Because that would've been my #2 goal (behind re-signing Brunson).
And then, this worry was compounded by 4 of their top-9 being bigs. The 4 bigs rotation worry was an additional, even worse concern.
My initial concern is still valid, imo. I believe there will be playoff series in which McGee shouldn't see the floor, and they currently only have their pick of Green, Ntilikina or Hardy to fill in for him in a different play style. In other words, they MUST play him, whether it's the right move or not. Does that make sense?