2014 NBA Redraft: A tale of two big men and two missed picks

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#22 Pick: Dwight Powell (Originally: Jordan Adams)

Dwight Powell is the kind of player who does not get talked about a lot, but if you watch a lot of Mavericks games, you notice a lot of interesting play from him. The numbers would not jump off the page and he did not see a real spike until last season, coincidentally when Luka Doncic came to town.

Last season Powell posted averages of 10.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in only 21.6 minutes per game. Per 36 minutes those averages jump up to 17.7 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. He has also shot over 59.0 percent from the floor over the last three seasons.

Powell is an efficient and reliable big man off the bench who can play either power forward or center. Providing a change of pace behind either Marc Gasol or Zach Randolph would have been fun to watch, as would watching him developing alongside Jaren Jackson Jr. a few years later. Powell might not be the typical Grit’n’Grind prototype, but the potential is there and the fit makes sense.

The injury this season may have ruined the momentum Powell was building and that sucks. While he was back in a bench role behind Kristaps Porzingis, the production was still there and he was a vital part of their team.

With the twenty-third pick in the 2014 NBA Redraft, the Utah Jazz select…

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