(01-12-2020, 02:23 PM)StepBackJay Wrote: @"DanSchwartzman" you can have your own opinion. I don't hate Powell, I just don't like him as a starter. Maxi is a very good to great defender. Powell is a sometimes good team defender and his on-ball defense is usually terrible. Watching him against Jokic the other day, he actually did a good job in the first half which is rare. Powell gives you zero shot blocking. Again I don't hate him I just feel like this team has a much lower ceiling if Powell is your starting center. In my ideal world Powell and Maxi are your 3rd and 4th bigs.
I agree with you on this, Powell is useful but as a starter playing against other starters he is a liability.
The Lakers played us like they did not respect us down low and its not an indictment on Powell its just he is not good playing defense against physical power forwards.