Tor_Raps wrote:ConSarnit wrote:Tor_Raps wrote:Obviously not a big name but I think Dwight Powell would be a good add as a backup Center. We can slowly build Team Canada with Barnes and IQ loll.
What would be the point of Powell?
If we need a backup C to cover for Olynyk’s defensive issues he doesn’t fit that role as he is almost equally as bad defensively. So if we’re just going to have a bad defensive C as a backup why not just use Olynyk in that role and at least we’ll get some offensive boost.
Powell is the worst of all worlds as a C. Bad defender who can only score as a roll man but his athleticism is fading and we don’t really have a pnr maestro who can feed him. I’d rather take a chance on anyone else over Powell, who is in clear decline and never really good in the first place.
Maybe I haven't watched Powell close enough but I thought hed be good defensively as a backup C. Olynyk in no way can be our backup C next year. If Poeltl gets hurt, the team will go from mediocre to bottom 3 in the nba real fast for a reason.
Raptors currently don't have a rim running big so he'd be able to fill that role. Again, he only makes 4M and would cost us practically nothing. Thought it would be a low cost add if we cant find a better player.
I think at Powell’s peak he was still below average defensively. Age and injury have made that worse. I don’t necessarily disagree that we could use a backup defensive C but I think we’d need to look at someone other than Powell. I think the theory of Olynyk could work in a few situations:
-as Barnes continues to improve he could provide more and more rim protection. He already did a fairly solid job this past season
-maybe Boucher finds his way back into the rotation. I’d have more confidence in him as a rim protector than Powell
-maybe we draft a C (even a raw-ish rookie can probably provide Powell equivalent rim protection)
-sign someone else (though the current market looks slim)
-maybe wins aren’t really the mandate next year
All that is to say: if we end up with Powell as our backup C we are nearly as screwed defensively then if we just go with Olynyk imo.