Let's be real about what we had with Starter Powell

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RC did for 5 games.

I really don’t know whether that’s true. It might be, but he might have just thought that the locker room, organization or even the owner felt that there was a group that comprised “the top group” on the roster. In other words, it might have been simply giving that group a chance to earn their role. When you think about it, this team has 6 people who, when healthy, consider themselves starting players in the NBA.

We can debate the wisdom of this, but even in normal seasons, it seems like Carlisle uses early games to test things. I think it’s possible that Carlisle used the first two weeks like “Ok, so you’re ‘starters’? Go prove it.”