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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1652978, member: 40"]
I get it -- if Richardson shifts to 2, then there is a starting spot available at 3 open that Lydon could fill.  However, let's consider a recent example.  The 2015 team [Rak's senior year] started McCullough at 4 and Roberson at 3.  Roberson struggled immensely--partially because he was inexperienced, but also because he didn't have [1] a skill set to be a 3, and [2] a complimentary game to McCullough that made the combo work.  They were two power forwards, and that lineup combination didn't work.
 
Now, I think that Lydon has more versatility than Roberson did / does.  And he can shoot like a 3.  I just don't know if he can do anything else like 3s usually do in our offense, or if he can play effectively in a lineup that features Roberson and Chukwu both clogging the lane inside.
 
COULD that lineup work?  Maybe.  Will it?  I have my doubts.
 
In general, people get too hung up on positions.  But having complimentary skill sets is really important.  I don't know that either Fair / Southerland during our Final Four year of 2013 were pure 3s or 4s.  They were both combos.  But they could play together and space the floor.  Not sure that Lydon / Roberson could do that nearly as effectively [again, with another guy out there playing post].  Roberson / McCullough couldn't do it at all.
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