Here's what I'm getting at -- we've had 4's who slide over to 5 for decades. It not working recently to your satisfaction is more personnel driven, then an issue with the approach, IMo. Maybe it's just that Guerrier, JB3, etc. weren't suited for the 5.
Mballa is 6-8 and 240 pounds -- he'd have no problem manning the pivot. And if he were to come here [I doubt we've even reached out], then I'd rather see him get those minutes than JBA, when Edwards comes out of the game.
I definitely agree that it would be great to land a and a C via the portal. But I don't think we'll land either.
I think we're going to need to hope that Carey and Brown are ready to contribute.