Originally Posted by
lotusland
from your June 4th post on the Josh Hairston thread:
So even if Kyle plays 10 mpg at the "4" (which I think may be a tad high but isn't an unreasonable estimate)
Here is Boozer's subsequent quote:
His first 2 years, Singler bulked up and carried extra weight to enable his body to handle the banging needed to guard 4's and 5's inside. Last year he redefined his body by dropping weight and working on lateral quickness and ball handling to prepare his body and skill set to play exclusively on the wing. This was also in preparation to play his natural position of Small Forward in the NBA. The end result of that was the Final Four MOP on the National Champion, and arguably, Kyle was the best Small Forward in college. Coming back for his Sr year he is most likely hands down the best Small Forward in the college game.
To play "significant minutes at the 4" and do so effectively, Kyle would need to transform his body back to where it was his sophomore and freshman year, and focus again on being an interior player. I really doubt Kyle is interested in going backward.
There will be times (like last 5 minutes protecting a lead) where Kyle will slide over to the 4. If it ends up he plays "significant" minutes at the 4 it means something has gone terrible wrong with the other bigs on the roster, and the effectiveness of our team defense and rebounding will not be very good.
Here is you agreeing with Boozer:
So because of both these reasons (plus all of Boozer's points about Kyle) I don't see Kyle playing more than 10 mpg at the "4" (and probably less)
here is Mr. Sumner getting into the mix:
The plan is to play 2 of Plumlee, Plumlee, Kelly and Hairston at the 4/5, with Singler moving inside during end-of-game-situations. I agree with Boozer here. Singler only plays major minutes inside if the other four bigs don't play up to snuff.
I'd say so far all three of you were off b/c Singler has played the 4 significant minutes and it hasn't had as much to do with the other bigs as the other perimeter players IMO. I'm not sure when your "10 MPG max but probably less" estimate became 8-12 MPG but it seems to be a very dynamic estimate.