It has definitely lessened the need to rush him back. I love Reeves' game when he's on. Best offensive player on the court when he's on.
The emergence of Powell has lessened the need for Ndongo.
I am wondering if Baye hit a plateau. I don't see much difference in his 2025 pay from last year. Maybe it's not as good.
His stats are very similar. But yea there hasn’t been a jump in his play. He is still one of our more critical players.
Just being down near the bench, my heart hurts for Kowacie. I can tell that sitting on the bench with the boot is affecting him.
Interesting take. I don’t see their games as at all similar. They have different roles in my opinion.
I commented on this before. He seems less fluid around the basket.
With the emergence/utilization of Mutumbo and Souare, Ndongo is playing a lot more of the 4 spot. Same spot as Powell. This offensive system looks for the 4 spot to be more of a stretch 4 who can keep the floor spread. Much more of Powell's strength than Ndongo's.
I agree with many posters on here that Wacie can be a valuable contributor on offense, and he can score in multiple ways. When he’s hot, he’s a deadly 3 point shooter, and he’s very athletic finishing at the rim, especially off of base line drives. But, I have to push back on the popular refrain on here that he is capable of creating his own shot. Most all of his dribble drive attacks to the basket that I can remember come from attacking a defender that is late on the closeout. That is a valuable skill , but it is considerably different from being able to break down a 1v1 defender, which is not necessarily one of wacie’s strengths in my opinion.
You are no doubt correct. I was holding out for Ndongo getting back to the form we saw in flashes last year. Conceivably you then could on occasion have Powell and Ndongo in the lineup at the time, along with Souare at the 5, and some rotation of Terry and McCollum and George at the two guards.
Powell and Ndongo shared the floor for less than four minutes in the BC game.
And O’Brien is tall enough to play the stretch 4. Very experienced and savvy as well.
He has better players around him this year and teams are defending the pick and roll better this year. He needs to stay out of foul trouble to stay on the floor too.