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Originally Posted by scrambol
Now there's definitely a big hole in the middle. Powell is great with the pick and roll. He plays hard and he hustles but he's going to struggle against a lot of BIGS.
Hope the new Mavs can pick up their worth and maybe used to get that 2nd star.
Hope Brunson's trajectory becomes that 2nd star.
There are 2 intriguing centers who might be available for the Mavs pick. Let's hope we get Kessler (Auburn) or Williams (Duke). Williams is more athletic, but Kessler might bring more to the table. He could be that stretch 5.
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Powell is garbage and has been for years. The Mavs just have had so many trash players over the years that the fans are looking for somebody to root for, and Powell is a fun guy on a superficial level. He hops around a lot, dives for the ball, scraps (all to little effect) and then maybe throws down a dunk or two each game on a lob while imitating a turnstile on defense. Oh, and he will really look like an all-star in garbage time against G-league level guys.
For a decade or longer, the Mavs team building strategy has consisted of plan powder comibined with the signing of free agents and discarded players off the scrap heap every year hoping to find a gem somewhere. They actually found one in DFS, and while I'm happy about this and happy for him and his new contract, this is not the way to build a successful franchise. He's just a good piece on the back end of a rotation imo. His shot is way too inconsistent and he doesn't have good enough handles to be rated much higher imo. Yeah, the Mavs resigned him for $55m. Good for him. Not exciting at all imo aside from it being a move that wasn't f'd up. What should've been exciting was taking advantage of his contribution based upon his contract level the last several years, but that was wasted just like Luka's early years on the team.