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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5764495, member: 405"] This is playing for Slovenia last summer. So it was around 8-9 months ago. We've had people say, "he could be a stretch 4", "he's going to start at forward", "he's a big, you're crazy if you think he's not a forward." I disagree with all those takes. He still seems more of a guard than a forward to me. That's what I see in those clips, and I've looked at them all. He is very talented, but the US game is going to be faster and more physical than what he played in Europe's U19 league. He might be a forward, offensively, but I don't see him being a big enough guy to defend the SF position against top players. I think if he's too good on offense, but a liability in man-to-man, they might use zone, or have him guard the other team's shooting guard rather than their small forward. We do have some versatile defenders like Dual and Tobiason, so maybe something like that could work. [/QUOTE]