As others have said, he’s a bad FT shooter, that makes him a liability in close games, but also late-game usage is very situational. If there isn’t another big that we need him to lock down, we’re better playing a highly-switchable defense. But it’s really hard playing that highly switchable defense for a full game.

One huge benefit here is that we can give teams a look that they haven’t seen the whole game; a center has been grinding against Poeltl most of the game, and then in the fourth quarter he’s got to try to go at OG or Barnes, and he hasn’t had a chance to really feel them out yet in the game; they bring very different styles of defense that are hard for a big to immediately adapt to.

I really wouldn’t expect that to change unless some trades change the team’s makeup significantly.