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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 114261, member: 716"]
A couple points. First, you've seen Coleman play more than I have, but I'm pretty hesitant to predict how a big's post-moves are going to succeed against real high-level basketball players rather than high school kids.

Also, I just don't think Boeheim wants to run an offense that heavily features the center. We're feeding the post less this year than we did the past couple, but when have we ever truly used our center to his fullest potential. I was hollering for three years that Arinze should be getting 20 touches a night; he never did. LeRon Ellis came in here after putting up first-team Big East -level numbers at Kentucky; he barely had a role in the offense. Fab clearly has post moves, has good hands, is a great (not good) passer, and can jump over people; as another poster noted last night, Boeheim isn't barking at the guards to feed him the ball. Scoop finds him once in awhile, Williams does occasionally, but it's pretty evident that Syracuse doesn't want a low-post offense.

So I have no idea where Coleman fits in (though, as you said, it's got to be at the 5). But I don't know how good (or fit) he can be, and I am very skeptical that Syracuse is going to feature him in any meaningful way even if he is good.
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