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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 1288103, member: 1423"]
G is playing well enough up top to start at point. No disrespect to KJ, who will be a great player for us. But I don't see pretending that he's RFPT as we head into this gauntlet of 5 top-10 teams in 2 weeks. G up top gives us more length on D (he's not super-quick, but not any slower than KJ), he can score or drive from that spot -- and he's already bringing the ball up. So this is something I'd like to see. KJ can come off the bench and spell him once in a while and hopefully be able to hold the fort and contribute w/out making too many mistakes on D.

The parallel problem is ... G's a good SF and we're not getting much offensive production from that position with G playing guard. BJ's frozen in the headlights and is a defensive liability r/n. And Tyler .. looks lost on offense and is getting pushed around. He had 11 boards, which is good, but against a very small team, and 6 points in 33 minutes. I know all these struggles are part of the process .. but they're not even guarding Tyler if he has the ball out past 8 feet. Instead, his man is glued to Rak -- which is a double-whammy because Tyler can't/won't score and there's even more pressure on the guy who can. Not sure what the answer is at this position. But I think we have to take our lumps at SF and have Mike play up top .. where he brings better defense, and much more energy, scoring and play-making than the freshman.
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