It is often said that the greatest ability is availability. This, of course, is a lie.
The greatest ability is... drumroll please... actual ability. If you gave GMs across the NBA a choice between Zion Williamson (who missed every game last season) and Dwight Powell (who appeared in all 82 regular season games), they’d all take Zion to start next season without thinking twice.
This isn’t meant as disrespect to Powell, who is a fine NBA rotation player and started in 89 of his 100 appearances for the Western Conference Finalist Mavericks last season.