05-22-2024, 03:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-22-2024, 03:51 PM by KillerLeft.)
(05-22-2024, 03:20 PM)DallasMaverick Wrote: Hmm.
Ok, which do you like better? Powell at $4m, or Gafford at $14m.
From your description, it sounds like they’re pretty similar players.
Not similar players, no. I would much prefer Gafford at any price, but I always have said and still maintain that there are things Powell does much better than this board realizes. I think a team could do much worse at backup center, particularly when the second guy is a five out guy and the third guy won’t be in the everyday rotation (outside of foul trouble or injury).
I think that’s where some of the disconnect of this conversation is. I am not saying Gafford is only qualified for that role. I am saying that he is overqualified for it. And, I’m saying that Lively needs to be a full-time player, not part of a two-headed monster.
It’s not Gafford that I don’t think they “need.” It’s the entire idea of his role. He’s certainly a luxury, don’t get me wrong, it’s just that for me, Lively is very obviously the better player and capable of contributing even more than he already is. Now.