07-04-2025, 07:24 PM
(07-04-2025, 04:47 PM)Winter Wrote: Just to be clear, with our current roster you personally would rather see him at the PF position than the C position? I didn't realize that. I can't recall anyone else falling into this category on the board, but sometimes I gloss over important information.
I suspect we will have more evidence one way or another by mid-season.
No disrespect intended, but "to be clear, with our current roster, I personally see this as mostly a quibble over semantics" (and AD and all will all end up being needed and used and depended on).
I really think that too much focus in this discussion is over who plays where and how much, in games where all 3 are healthy, without a nod to that probably being a minority of games. And then some regular season games are "bigger" in importance, which will change who plays C and how much. And then many many games will have someone injured and unable to play, which again will change who plays C and how much.
IOW the mix will vary from game to game -- and overall I believe everyone (incl us) will be happy as they ALL somehow will get what they hoped for.
AS AN EXAMPLE ....
Mundane game, regular season, all 3 healthy -- AD plays 30-ish and DG/DL each play 18-20 (so AD plays PF for 20-ish and C for 8-12 mins).
...[PS: See how many PF mins remain for PJW (~28) who ends up playing more PF than SF, and more PF than AD does. See how easy it is? And this is with everyone playing.]
Mundane game, regular season, now DG or DL is injured -- AD plays more C of necessity (18-20 mins) and less as a PF (his remaining 10-12). If both are out, he plays 30 as C. DG or DL plays 25-30 as C.
...[PS: Now see how many PF mins remain for PJW (~38-40) which is more than he will play, so CF may get some run at PF, or Kai may play some C. See how easy it is again?]
Bigger game, regular season, all 3 healthy - AD plays 35-ish now. DG/DL each play 18-20 (so AD plays PF for 25-ish and C for 8-12 mins) but matchups and effectiveness and game score may alter mins for everyone.
And so on ...
WHERE I AM OVERALL -- Some are asking me why I prefer to keep Gaff for now. Yes, I agree ultimately they will have to see if AD is not skilled enough to play PF, with a C, and also see how these C's play with him alongside. But (1) imo answers are tbd, (2) injury and dependability has to be weighed for each, and should be a major part of the equation, and (3) in worst case (where it does not work) we still need to see who fits the rest of the roster best and who needs to go.