In sports, it’s really easy on the outside looking in to grow inpatient. You want new acquisitions to pop off right away, returning players to look like themselves. Sometimes that happens, and it’s great! Sometimes it doesn’t. That doesn’t always mean something is Wrong™, it just takes time. Dwight Powell is proof of that.
About 15 months ago, Powell tore his Achillies. It’s one of the worst injuries in basketball, sometimes a career-ender. At the very least, you’re usually not the same player after the injury that you were before. Things are starting to change with advancements in medicine and physical therapy, but it’s still a bleak injury.