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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 1798029, member: 1423"]
I actually like Lydon at the 3. Over the years, we've had a range of skills at that position, with some preferring driving (CJ) and others preferring shooting (Nichols/Sutherland). Joseph was pretty balanced .. with maybe a slight edge towards driving. Ironically, one of the best [I]recent [/I]SF's we've had was G. I know he didn't start there, but he could score at all 3 levels .. and at 6'7 he had decent size.

Lydon's over 6'9 now ... so he's ideally a stretch 4. But think he'll be fine at SF ... if he can get used to driving more, stopping to hit the mid-range shot, posting up smaller players, etc.  At SU, the SF has to rebound the weak side, so true we give up a little quickness with him but we gain his outside shot and his presence inside.

Remember we also have Battle who, at 6'6, can play some 3. As RF points out, there may be some games where Lydon doesn't match up against an opposing SF. We could drop Battle down there and have Lydon play the 4. The problem for me is .. when you drop TB down to the 3, who plays the 2? That's really where I see a depth concern ... the absence of a backup wing shooter. Gillon isn't a 2, and Howard isn't a volume scorer. So that's a depth concern.

And of course I'd like to have the luxury of another big.
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