Devilzsidewalk wrote:I'm excited about the prospect of a Beasley/Williams/Love frontcourt, but I think you have to have a special coach to make it work (we dont). I don't see any other lineup options if you want to keep those 3 guys and get your best players on the floor. Williams looks like a PF all the way. His entire game is based around having a slower guy on him and being able to burn him on the face up or drain a jumper if you try to protect yourself with space. He's a finisher and belongs around the rim. You put him 25 feet out as a SF and thats all gone.
But you wouldn't have to put him that far out, especially if he's next to Love. Put Williams in the post against the smaller guys and then, when he's with Beas, you can have him beating PFs off the dribble.
The problem I have with passing on Williams is that there doesn't look like there's anything better. Kanter will recreate the Love-Jefferson dilemna, Biyombo is too raw, don't need Knight or Walker, etc. Then, the kind of players you would want that would require that #2 pick, the Marc Gasols, Jordans, etc, all come from teams that have PF well, well covered.
I would rather pick Williams and go after someone like Kaman or Okafor than reach on a lesser prospect just for "fit". We're not at this point yet.
