In Phoenix, he played with refinement at point guard, quickness/speed and barrage at shooting guard (Johnson/Bell/Barbosa), versatility at small forward, and some combination of perplexity and violence at power-forward and center (Stoudemire-Diaw/Marion/Thomas). In New York, he’s assembling something with a workhorse at point guard, purity and athleticism at the wings, violence at the power forward, and function at center. The question is if this is what he wants or if this is the base of the soup that he’s hoping will become something else. Hoping, for example, that Raymond Felton becomes a source of refinement at point guard? That’s not going to lead anywhere good for his liver. Hoping Randolph accepts a traditional role? Wasting his breath. Wishing Turiaf to be versatile? Reasonable but ultimately pointless. They are what they are.

I dont get why on earth he would think that Mike D of all people are going to try to force RAAAAANDY to be a traditional player. The questions he is asking seems made just to question Mike D.

Eww.

I don’t like the fact that he conveniently left out Wil’s versatility when talking about team defense. Sure, he’s not a stopper by any means but he’s solid and can guard 2-5ish. And Gallo deserves more credit on defense, the cat gets up for guarding the other squad’s best player. If you don’t have a great defender, that’s what you ask for in a player.