Boogie! wrote:theonlyeastcoastrapsfan wrote:Boogie! wrote:
i didnt forget ross... i didnt include him because hes not who powell is stuck behind and he is not the one that will be limiting powells minutes... casey hasnt been afraid to substitute powell for ross when the situation called for it... he did it against indiana... ross also played significant time during the regular season in place of carroll and did well... again he was a part of our best 5 man lineup... but carroll and demar are guys that will get their minutes no matter what because casey trusts them more, and they are the real reasons why powell wont get a chance to develop... and powell is more than just a spot up shooter and 3 and d guy... in fact, its arguable that hes not even a natural spot up shooter at all... that was never his skillset coming into the league... the fact that he can make 3s is a bonus, but again the sample size is still small and he doesnt have the stroke of a gunner... powells overall development depends on his ability to be a ballhandler, and he will never be that guy here.
Powell got the start, but it was place holder starting. Ross got the minutes when Carroll was out. And it was the same in the playoffs. Casey said he was on the fence about going to Powell, and I don't think Powell maintained his minutes after the Indy series. I still think they have Ross on the depth chart ahead of Powell.
ross is definitely ahead on the depth chart, but my point is that casey isnt tied to him like he is to demar or carroll... when demar or carroll make mistakes, or obviously are having matchup issues or arent playing good defense, casey will still give them the lions share of the minutes, simply because they're "our guys" and we have to "ride or die" with them... hes literally said as much... maybe technically not for carroll, but based on how he uses him, its obvious he feels almost the same way about him as he does with kyle and demar... even if theyre playing like ****, to him, theyre technically the best players, and still have to play when the game is on the line no matter what... with ross, even though hes technically ahead of norman on the depth chart, casey isnt afraid to pull him or sacrifice his minutes... if hes playing like ****, casey actually holds him accountable and would have no problems replacing him with norman.
If this is about a DeMar rant thing, I'm sorry I engaged. I think we will overpay DeMar, but I'm not losing sleep on it, nor am I of the mindset that we should look at DeMar as holding Powell back. That's heavier lifting than Powell will be asked to do at this point. It's the Cojo's, Carroll's and the Ross's that are in the role that would otherwise perhaps fall to Powell. Whatever. If Masai can move Carroll or Ross, he should, imo. Especially if we can get any value back for them. If we don't trade them, and powell plays his way onto the court, ahead of them, well then he should play, regardless of what if does to the value of Ross and Carroll.
The only way we make it worse is to lose out on Powell contributions just because we over paid Carroll and Ross. But at the same time, I think we think that we have a better idea than Casey on who is actually helping and who isn't, and I'm not sure that's true. Casey would have to be a fraud to not have a better read on his team than the faux intelligentsia and arm chair gms we got here, and it would mean Masai's is too dense to realize it, since he's extended him twice. Since Casey has helped guide a team to punch way above it's weight for the better part of the last 4 years, maybe he's got a decent handle on it, and deserves a bit of trust?
