2019-2020 Mavs Trade Discussion + Salary Chart

[Dundalis]

and that having the wrong type of player on the court for too long that either won't or can't space the floor would significantly suppress what we are able to do.

So Powell is not the right kind of player. Got it. That is the crux of this whole thing and one person has been willing to try and tackle it.

Powell can space the floor. He stands on the 3 point line and will take the odd 3 point shot despite not being very good at it. Would this offense be better if it could replace Powell with someone who was a better threat from 3? Hell yes. Powell's rim running helps make up for it to an extent. But in an ideal world, you want to be able to play 5 out with every lineup you put out. There's a number of factors involved in our league leading offense, but spacing is definitely the most important from a team concept.