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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5017909, member: 405"] I agree that Bell's not a guard, certainly not for more than about 5 minutes a game, if we wanted to play a "jumbo" lineup, but still have some 3 point threat. I agree that Starling is not a point guard. But Starling is a pretty decent secondary ball handler, especially against pressure. That's still useful to have, but you're right, he's not our PG. If we had a really good, honest to goodness point guard who could beat pressure consistently by himself, then yes, you can play square pegs in round holes for a few minutes. That was kind of like Boeheim's whole career - playing essentially a PG, a C and 3 forwards, or playing big guards to turn them into PGs (Triche, Frank Howard, MCW), or playing SFs at SG (Cipolla, Janulis), trying to get physical advantage over the other team. Tactics work both ways. You can force the other team to adjust, or else they will do that to you. [/QUOTE]