GAME 15: DAL (9-6) @ PHX (12-3) | 104-112 loss

[Mavs2021]

Dwight Powell, professional scapegoat

On the contrary, it´s time to stop making excuses for Powell just because he´s a nice guy and tries hard. I specifically paid attention to him for the first six minutes of this game and he did literally nothing on both ends of the floor. He grabbed one defensive rebound at the 3pt line with no other player within 10 feet. Otherwise he ran around setting some screens and otherwise stood around on offense, and got a few threes drained in his face, got scored on at the rim and in the mid-range, while giving up a couple of offensive boards. He was better in the 2nd half, but in the first half he was horrible. I refuse to believe that Omoruyi is less of a distraction on defense than Powell. If you listen to Mavs fans, you´d think setting a screen, dunking a basketball and being a nice person are superstar money skills. Those are minimum salary level skills, if you cannot play defense. Plus he´s an awful fit with the starting unit.