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Message: [QUOTE="jordoo, post: 2214211, member: 569"] I get that you have to be more aware at the 5 than the wing in our zone. I think that's one of the reasons TT looked so bad last year. Remember he started on the wing (was really bad there as well BTW) and then had to try and learn the 5 on the fly. Not to mention doing it on a bad zone defense team which usually meant he was screwed since you can't be two places at once. I also get that you like TT's skill set as a 4 better than as a 5. That is completely understandable offensively. The thing is you want to play him on the wing in place of a better wing defender and put either Chukwu or Sidibe at the 5. Chukwu didn't show any indication that he can provide consistent low block scoring and rebounding which is what you are looking for. Sidibe is a freshman that needs to put on weight so no matter how skilled, he is likely at least a season away from doing those things consistently. In both cases it means that one of our other forwards is now on the bench, all three of which project to be more productive offensive player than our centers. Also you have Thompson defending on the wing. We all want a big tall shot blocking center who plays good defense. In this day and age however that guy isn't playing huge minutes unless he is also somewhat proficient on offense. Fab was great and only played 25min a game. Even so he wasn't inept on offense and had to be accounted for. If he had played 35 minutes he would have average more like 11 points a game rather than 8. Chukwu is big and tall and can block some shots because of it. That is it from what we have seen. Sidibe is a talented freshman who I would have ahead of him on the depth chart at this point. I think there will be about 10min available for one of them. That's just how I see it though. [/QUOTE]

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