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Message: [QUOTE="reedny, post: 2214203, member: 1423"] Interesting post. As usual, I agree with most of it. Small ball's everywhere. I tend to pigeonhole players based on skill-sets. And that doesn't always work, especially in the zone where we can move guys around. No doubt, TT's versatile enough to play the 5. But ALL his minutes? Wow. I hope not - since that would mean that Sidibe and Chukwu cannot anchor the zone (and we will suffer on the glass like last year). You do make a good point about other weakside defenders (Moyer/Brissett/Dolzaj) helping on the glass. That's true, and it's a good thing because TT's scoring comes mostly from jumpers and he's often too far out to rebound his own misses. On D, however, I have to pick at you. While the wing is certainly tricky (on D you have to dart back and forth from the side to the baseline), arguably center is the hardest position to play. There's the high low to defend, HUGE ACC bigs to fight for RB position against, coming out to stop penetrating guards and then ... having to fly all the way out to the sideline/baseline to contest jumpers when the wing has moved up. NOT EASY, and I think there's an argument that center is the captain of the 2/3 defense. So if wing's hard, center is even harder (and arguably more crucial) for TT to learn. He may be an important contributor there out of necessity, but (IMO) does not have the ideal skillset, bulk or athleticism for the role. On offense, sure I like the spacing. He can hit a jump shot and, being fair, is crafty inside. I've seen him block shots (on ball) and no doubt he can function at the 5. I just like him at the 4, and my opinion for a number of years is that we've suffered balance problems on Offense because we haven't had consistent low block scoring and/or rebounding (we've been getting massacred on the glass against some upper level ACC teams). That's why I think TT should be a second or even a third option at center. [/QUOTE]

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