You will probably catch some ahit for this post, but not from me. What I will say is that you're misreading the room a bit with TT.No, Romeo has been touted as replacing Marcus. There is much talk of relief to be able to get rid of TT.
Casual hoops people hate bigs. They is a tendency for high school level players, etc, to think all that kept them out of the next level was their size. Also people wish cast about prospects. A guy like Romeo fits that. He has not played enough to prove he anything, so all kinds of potential can be reflected on him. If he doesn't pan out they know they have the injury exzcuse. It is lazy, pointless, safe posting.
It's nothing against Romeo, either, as I said I have talked to G-league guy who said if one of him and Nesmith end up top 7 players that is above average results. I was mostly hoping for Clarke not Grant.
I don't think that it's a bias against bigs (for their height or anything else). It's a bias against jack of all trades bigs that don't have an elite feature. Frankly I think that Theis was underrated a bit around here too. Reliable rebounding bigs that can get some garbage points, set screens, and bother penetrators a bit have value. The problem is that when they need to be able to do other shit in this day and age. For examples: elite rim protection, ability to stretch the floor with the 3 ball, elite rim running, or switchability across a few positions at least. Like Theis, TT doesn't really do any of these things, and it really makes him pretty fungible in 2021. Sure TL can't stay on the floor, but when he's out there, he's an elite rim runner, rim protector, and isn't a mess when getting switched onto most guys. That's why people think of him as less fungible, and they're right. It's not easy to find guys who do what he does. It is pretty easy to find guys who do what TT does. He's like a 7th inning reliever. He might be a fantastic 7th inning reliever, but you don't pay much for those guys, even the good ones.
My 2 cents anyway.