08-07-2022, 04:38 PM
(08-07-2022, 04:34 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: If Powell is still here after the TDL the only dragging will be my nuts on Cuban's forehead.
I think the plan with Powell is probably just to play him this year when he's needed and then let his money come off the books at season's end, lowering the team salary commitments. Sure hope I'm wrong.
I know we like to pretend he's worthless around here, but he's not. He's a rotation-worthy player with a fairly large expiring contract who I suspect could be turned into an equal but better fitting player (possibly a slightly better one whose multi-year salary a team is wanting to shed) fairly easily. The fact that this hasn't happened yet leads me to believe they see value in keeping Powell, either to play him, let him expire (cutting future payroll) or both.