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[QUOTE="CardiacCuse, post: 4251432, member: 6979"]
well lydon was awesome [I]as a player[/I] and mediocre at best as a center IMO..(and the team did lose 13 games that season fwiw...so its not like they had some kinda dominant recipe there)

he was good enough to beat dayton, midd tenn, squeek by Gonzaga (11 seeded) and UVA

but when they came up against BEEF in UNC they got trounced by 16 and double digits on the boards.

lydon got 4 or 5 boards a game as a center and did little to limit opponents from scoring inside as a center...how many minutes did he get in gleague or NBA at the 5????

gbinje and malachi went insane that tourney and carried the team [I]despite not having a legit center[/I]

so yeah its possible...(and if the choice is a non offensively capable big who is also not really a basketball player or lydon, ipick lydon...but my real prefence is a basketball player who happens to be a center - something we have rarely seen in orange  lately but when we do its ALWAYS A GOOD THING)

and what is your take on marek, jimmy, etc??? at the 5????

i think it should be clear that the team is not optimal without a legit player at each position who plays that position...its the same at PG...without a real PG this team is floundering

positionless bball works for the warriors but not for the limited rosters JB has been trying it with. period.
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