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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 2367118, member: 1423"]
After re-watching the scrimmage last night, I had a crazy thought about FH at shooting guard. While no one's going to mistake him for Dion, he's improved on D and can score off the ball.  AT PG he's a head case. He overthinks and over dribbles. SG just seems to suit him better -- he doesn't have to run the offense. He's got a good handle, his outside shot has improved enough to make him an outside threat, he can get to the rim and he's not too bad as a playmaker. So suddenly I'm not aghast at him playing SG.

This forces TB to play the 3, but so what. Who else, besides OB, can score that position? We're going to get virtually no offense out of MM or MD, so they're destined to be backups. I think at his height, OB's suitable for the 4. He can rebound and is plenty athletic next to Chukwu or Sidibe. And he can stretch the floor. TB's undersized for the 3, but he might be the best option there given that we have only 1 forward big that can score.

This team will be decent on D. But JB's going to need a lineup that puts 4 scorers on the floor. That may mean Thorpe/HW at PG (HW seems to have a good enough shot to play backup PG) and FH at the 2, with Battle playing SF.  Battle can slide between the 2/3 depending on matchups. Interesting to see if something like this  is going to appear the next few games:

PG - Thorpe / HW backup;
SG - FH / TB backup;
SF - TB / Dolezaj backup;
PF - OB / MM backup;
C - PC / Sidibe backup
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