TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[KillerLeft]

Curious what people think of WHY Wood doesn't play center here. 

I don't get it either, because he's playing center for the majority of the time he's on the court. 

Kleber is the one who's versatile, imho. 

I've just about given up arguing about it at this point though. I think Wood is so clearly a 5 it's hardly worth discussing. I get the notion that you might want someone with more size than DFS out there to support him, but even that is something I wouldn't take on intuition. I would have given Wood as a lone 5 in a more skilled lineup a real shot by now, for sure. It might still happen, but it's starting to feel hopeless. 

Bring him off the bench, sure. Only increase his minutes if/when he starts to adhere to team defensive schemes, of course. BUT, give him SOME minutes in the role that could potentially make the team actually dangerous. If he can't play the 5 (which he can, it's just a matter of how well) he can't be in the NBA, from my perspective, because I KNOW he's not up to playing against good teams as a freaking FORWARD. 

I made this same declaration about Porzingis, and people argued back then, too. To be fair, that one was even more obvious than this situation with Wood, so I guess I can see some of the confusion in this new case, but still...