I’m telling you he’s not a post player. I don’t know who could possibly watch him play basketball and say he is a power forward.

He might not be a small forward in the truest sense of the word, but he is best suited to play on the perimeter and cut to the basket.

Where ever he plays, on whatever team, to be most effective he’s going to be playing on the perimeter.

that doesn’t mean he is bad for 1.)

and 2.) that doesn’t mean he can’t be effective at the small forward position.

it is what it is. he’s going to have some short comings, especially on certain nights….but if he can score….he can score and as our roster currently stands I don’t know if that is something we can pass up just because he happens to be a “tweener” you get a good defensive 2 with handles (potentially Malcolm Lee’s skill set suggests he could be this 2 guard) and a longer athletic defensive 5 and then just get Williams to buy into a good team defensive system (which it appears he’s willing to do).

I’m for the record not opposed to signing Batum and keeping Williams. By the time Love’s ETO is up Williams will only be 23, I’m not opposed to letting him be the Lamar Odom of this team for a few years and get him in the right shape to play the right position and work on some skills.

But from what I can tell he is most comfortable and effective playing on the perimeter

you have this belief that I endlessy debate topics and never am willing to let something go (hence the two or three “HIS POINT STILL STANDS” comments in this thread alone) when that is not true at all. When I am proved to be wrong, I tend to drop the topic and admitt I’m wrong.

Don’t believe I have been proven to wrong about Williams yet, which yes is to blame for the 90 post back and forth above, but it’s pretty hard to be proven right or wrong about a player who has been reasonably productive (but nothing off the charts) and only has had 20 games and I believe 300 or so NBA minutes….so the debate will likely go at least through the end of the year baring a trade.

My preference of Gordon/Batum was the wrong take. I do like the idea that spending money on Gordon would better allow us to get our best players on the floor, but Batum is the better player and probably the wiser money spent.

Rubio could have a gigantic assist rate with a result of 1.20 ppp on plays with under 10 seconds near the end of a quarter or half and some people would still want something that looks like Melo or Kobe. Kevin Love could have one of the top 10 iso ppp in the league in the “clutch” and he would do so with less than 50% of his shots being assisted and some people would say he can’t create his own shot.

Pretty pretty ponies. Pretty pretty dunks. Pretty pretty between-the-leg dribbles.