Skates:
To be fair...
1) If GS is considering moving Ellis to PG, it is because of the loss of Davis and no other option is jumping out at them right now that would be better...this does not mean that Ellis' best position (offensively at least) is as SG;
2) Hinrich is being considered at SG because they have a new PG, their SG may not get resigned (or may get signed away) and they are paying him $10 mil to do SOMETHING;
3) We agree on Thad;
4) 'Sheed is listed as a PF...and my exercise is looking at where these guys would play on offense...I have no question in certain situations, 'Sheed would guard the 5 and Sammy the 4, but on this team, 'Sheed's skill set would clearly be at the PF on offense...right?
You are absolutely right about Ellis, he is no PG from the skill set I have seen. At SG he is very undersized (his listed height is very generous and he makes Iverson look like Superman weight wise), but is hidden playing on an unusual team like GS. grat scorer and mid-range shooter sure, but not a three point shooter of note yet.
Hinrich is being considered at SG because the Bulls suffered greatly at the point last year. Truthfully, Hinrich fits better on the Sixers at point with an excellent full-court ball handler and passer like Iggy next to him (Iggy does lack explosive ball handling in the half court, but his open court skills are excellent, can't say I understand he has those disparate traits) and a small, quicker player backing him up like Lou Williams. He could play with Lou and slide over to SG at times. Lou can also play SG in a smaller line-up. Iggy can play SG or SF, Thad can play SF or PF and so could Josh Smith. Jason Smith and Speight can both play the 4 and 5, although in very different ways.
I fully understand the problem with getting guys to fit into roles that don't suit them, I was here for both the Barkley and Iverson years, great players, ill-suited for the positions befitting their height. That is not what this team is being built as, quite the opposite they are being built with long, athletic multi-positional players that can go big or small or in between. You dream team had guys like that in both Hinrich and Sheed. I also don't worry about Josh Smith not being a post-up PF because we just drafted one in Speights and because moving Thad to the 3 and Iggy to the 2 lets them play in the post at their positions as well. I expect down the road Thad will become our first option as a scorer and Speights will become our inside monster on offense. Add a shooter in Hinrich to replace Miller, grab a shooting wing to replace Carney and Green off the bench and we have something with Iggy, the Smiths and Lou playing their roles. Truthfully we are two to three years away from contending which is the main reason Smith is our primary target given his age.
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